I head downstairs and I hear my dad get up and walk to his door, im surprised he’s up this early. I enter the bathroom and begin to brush my teeth, three minutes later I get a knock on the door from my dad. I open the door greeting him with my “hey dad” that I normally give him on a daily basis. He says, “ I wanted to talk to you for a minute, this is your senior year do you have any plans for after you graduate or any colleges you want to go to?” I reply saying, “ I’ve got a few schools in mind, I want to go out of state honestly but money is the only thing in the way of me pursuing that. Hopefully ill receive enough scholarships and financial aid to make it more affordable to go where I want to go. My dad replies saying, “ yeah well you should go for it. The main reason I ask is because of what I’ve been talking to you about for some years now. I’ve asked you to change over and over, I’ve told you its not right, yet you constantly disregard me and my request. This homosexual thing isn’t cool and I no longer want it around me you’re going to be 18 soon so this is what I’m going to do so that you’ll at least be able to take care of yourself. I’m going to give you a month after you’re graduation to find an apartment so that way from now till then you can find a better job, save up enough money, figure out what school you want to go to, and get yourself situated with being on your own. I cant take it anymore you have to get this gay stuff away from me and my household.” As he walks up stairs I wait til he’s out of hearing range, whens he’s fart enough I let go and erupt of sobs and tears, I cant believe what was just said to me. My excitement I once had is now completely depleated. I look at my and see that I only have 30 minutes left to finish getting ready, I rush to complete my preperation for the day. I finish with five minutes to spare, still hurt I walk to the car, get in, and wait for my mom to arrive. My mind is spinning but for some reason I get a grip and I think to myself, “I’ve worked to hard and been through to much to fail now. This is another test that I am being challenged with. Who would I be not to step to the plate and take this head on.” In my mind, I begin to plan the direction im going to take on this journey I’ve been set on, once I arrive to school I write everything on a notepad I titled, “goals list”. I label them from major priority to minor once I wrote everything I could think of down, I knew there’d be changes and I also prepared my heart and mind for the worse knowing that this would not be easy at all, but with God on my side all things are possible. I pray over my list, and for myself. In doing this, the feeling that everything will be alright came over me, I took a deep breath and felt confident that ill make it.