The twin effect!

I was utterly blown away by the love and compassion shown by listeners to the story of the twins coming out to their dad. 

Granted, there was a phone call or two and an email laced with bitter hatred but I chose to side-step that and rather bask in the acceptance, tolerance and love. 

Here are a few of the responses that were emailed through: 

My best friend is in a same sex relationship and she would love to get married but she won't do that unless her parents can be there.  The problem comes into the equation because her parents are very much against being gay and she has said that they will probably disown her.  My sister has also recently come out and is now married and she has never been happier.  My parents were both fine about it all and they accept her wife as long as [she] makes my sister happy.

I think that as long as you love and respect another, who cares if it's a boy or a girl.  Love makes the world go round for sure.

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I was just listening when Byron phoned and told his story about being shunned by his family and felt inspired to share mine. I've been seeing my boyfriend for 2 years we've been dating for 13 months and been engaged for 6 months. Both our families have been amazing and didn't miss a beat that's something I will be eternally grateful about, anyway the actual reason for the mail is to let you know my fiancé and me definitely want to have kids and we'll adopt (preferably twins so one can carry his surname and one mine but still be blood related to each other). So my message to Byron and his mom is don’t give up so quick on having kids and grandkids there are options.

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I just got the tail end of discussion you were having with a youngster on being gay.  Thought I would share this.  Our son is gay.  He is 32 now.  Yes hard to accept for my husband but easier for me as I had a brother that was gay.  However just wanted to share that he is now a father of beautiful twin boys who he had through a surrogacy arrangement.  He always wanted to be a dad and what a wonderful dad he is.  He and the boys have just spent 5 wonderful weeks with us as he resides in Australia.  Briefly, when the boys were born two months prem, he lived with us for 7 months and I helped him raise the boys.  They are like my own children and miss them terribly!  

Thank you so much for sharing your experiences with me, and with KZN! 

Only great love will do, love who you will, know thy worth and strive to live daily with courage, sincerity and kindness. 

The twins’ dad is such an inspiration of what unconditional love is all about. 

Shine on.