Pride Month From Your Favorite Lesbian Mothers...
Hello Sanctuary. Today we bring to you a collaborative post from the happiest set of lesbians in the Midwest; The Aurera's and The Taylor's! Everyone has been enjoying the summer heat (at least that's what we're telling ourselves) and the Mama Sanctuary team has been super busy coordinating some very exciting collaborations. As the saying goes, time flies when you're having fun and we're all a bit confused about how quickly June is ending. Before it ends, we wanted to take the time to commune with our fellow LGBTQIA+ parents and what better way to do that than sharing our love stories!
Our Love Story: The Aurera's --Naomi's POV🍊
As many of you may remember, Andrea and I were married earlier this year after spending a year in a long distance-ish relationship. The first time we met was in my college years and was introduced as the best friend to her "annoying" little sister. To say that I had a crush would be an understatement but she didn't pay me any mind. I was just her baby sister's friend and eventually became hers. The years went on and we both found ourselves in relationships, unhappily attached to energy sucking people. At that point, I looked at her more as a friend, and would've never crossed that line. Fast forward to the summer of 2023, and I found myself single for a prolonged time (your girl was SO touch starved). Andrea, however, was in a sham marriage that she committed to in order to get her family off her back. As a fellow eldest daughter, I understood. I hadn't seen her for years by that point and our first time being in the same space was her baby shower. I found myself providing her comfort, after her immature POS stormed off because he hates accountability. We didn't kiss (or maybe we did who knows 🤷🏾♀️) and that started what would become the messiest year of my life to date.
I've always lived my life as a lesbian, and knew early on that I wasn't interested in men. I was raised by my father, an old Jamaican man, who got a lot of things wrong except loving his kids regardless of who they are. That's probably linked to my my mom passing. Dre had the exact opposite experience and didn't come to terms with her reality until, well, now. We've spent the year primarily focused on our relationship but also on helping her learn what pride means for her🌈. She went to her very first parade last year despite my nervousness and has fully embraced what it means to be in a loving Sapphic relationship. Despite the harassment and emboldening of bigots by the current "administration" we still attended our city's Pride events this year and had a wonderful time. Being supported by our friends and the best sister anyone could ask for (love you Bea😚) has made our transition to married life, nearly seamless.
Our Love Story: The Taylor's --Vea's POV🍄
Let me set the scene, it's 2012 and it's my senior year, at a decent sized high school in Michigan. My friends and I are terrorizing the halls and we come across two girls, giving each other lovey eyes in the bathroom. I thought to myself "Ooh she's super cute!" and I found it hard to look away. My uncouth and self-hating friends (4 out 7 of us now identify as apart of the LGBTQIA+) made barfing noises which split the two girls apart almost instantly. I, on the other hand, make direct contact with Femi and give her a smile. I have beautiful teeth, I thought it would work. She became abashed and quickly left the bathroom with her little friend. I spent weeks thinking about her and started asking around only to find out she was known for having little rendezvous in the girls bathroom. And so, we had a little rendezvous in the girls bathroom 😏. She wasn't interested in taking it further but to say I became obsessed would be an understatement! Fast forward to 2015 and we somehow get invited to the same singles party thrown by one of our closest friend's. It had been three years since I last seen her and I was taken aback that she became even more perfect. I vowed, and was dared, to get her number and made it my mission to interject myself into any conversation she was having, which probably came off a little weird, but it worked and with her number in hand I skipped off into the sunset; already planning for us to be married. Skip forward a few weeks (yes I said weeks, we're lesbians) and we decided being apart was no longer an option. We married in 2017 and welcomed our sweet baby boy in June 2021. Our love has expanded to include two more sweet little souls this year and now our family feels so complete. We felt compelled, in the light of this stupid country squandering rights left and right, to outwardly and proudly proclaim our unwavering love for ALL PEOPLE regardless of sexual orientation, gender, race, ethnicity, legal status and/or disabilities. As lesbian moms, our goal is to make this world better for the tiny humans we brought into this world and that starts with being loud and proud about who we are.
At Mama Sanctuary we support everyone. Do you?
Yes, absolutely and always will!
No, I'm a loser and a bigot. Gonna unfollow right now and cry to my mommy.
This week, we'll be having two blogs so make sure you check back on Friday between 12:30pm-2:30pm for more content. Until next time, Naomi and Vea
