Fish Out of Water

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The Life and Times of a Gay Girl in the Midwest, a lesbian blog, coming out of conservative christianity

What It Means to Love Your Body

When a lot of people say "love your body" they are usually meaning "love it exactly as it is, don't feel like you need to change anything". I've talked here before about how important it is to be...

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Family Togetherness Time and a Kitty Rescue

I feel lucky to have been able to spend some quality time with my family the past couple of days. Sometimes I don't even think I grasp how important the role of family is in shaping who we are. For...

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A Few Days Off

This week I took a few days off work to spend some time with Katrina. She got a whole TWO days off of classes for her "summer break" in nursing school. So that, combined with two days of a weekend...

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Book Review: The Marriage Plot

"The Marriage Plot" by Jeffrey Eugenides is a love story on the surface, but takes you behind the scenes of the human heart in a love triangle of three young college graduates. The novel begins at...

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Draw My Life

I've been loving all the Draw My Life videos on youtube... and I thought: "hey, I can do that". So I did. Turns out, it was waaay harder than I thought it'd be since you kinda have to do it in one...

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Happy News

As some of you may recall, a little while back I entered a short story contest. I recently received some very happy news--my story was chosen to be published! I am beyond thrilled about this. It is...

Apr 24, 2013 Like

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Book Review: Best Lesbian Romance 2012

You may laugh at me, but in my naïveté I picked up this book thinking it'd be lesbian love stories. As in, girl meets girl. So... that's not exactly what it means. Not that I'm complaining... Best...

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There Are Lesbians Living Upstairs

On a daily basis, I am a fairly comfortable and confident person. Just doing my thing and living life. But there are certain situations that petrify me and transform me back into the awkward/shy...

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Making Sacrifices

Yesterday Katrina and I had a long, hard conversation. We didn't question whether we love each other. We didn't question whether we wanted to be together. But we did have a very open, honest and...

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Building a Life

This week I took my official first step towards my move. I met with my landlord and gave her notice that I'll be leaving late in the summer. The closer it gets, the more it is really sinking in...

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Coming Out at Work

I've been at my current job for over 3.5 years now, and spent the first several years completely in the closet about my relationship with Katrina. I heard people say ignorant things and worried...

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Consuming Ethically

I will be the first person to tell you I know very little about being an ethical consumer. So, full disclaimer: I am no expert on these things! But more and more, I've been finding myself drawn to...

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Book Review: The Muse

"The Muse: a novel of romance and discovery" was my first Suzie Carr book. I had no idea what to expect... based on the title I figured it'd be something of a lesbian chick-lit romance. Yes, there...

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And Now, We Wait

After two days of listening to news reports, scouring blogs and analyst sites, watching my twitter feed and reading transcripts/listening to audio streams of all of the proceedings... I'm beat....

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Marriage Matters

A week from today, the U.S. Supreme Court is going to be hearing arguments on Prop 8, and then the day after that, DOMA. I'm so nervous about it! They won't even announce anything until June most...

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Lesbian Baby-Making

Everyone is having babies. I look at my facebook feed, and it is full of adorable baby photos and videos. Gurgling and diaper butts and smiles. And I can't lie, I love it. Many of my friends are...

Mar 15, 2013 Like

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Someone Who'll Watch Over Me

I used to be annoyed when I heard the lyrics to Ella Fitzgerald's classic song: There's a somebody I'm longing to see.I hope that he turns out to besomeone who'll watch over me I didn't like the...

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Book Review: Where'd You Go, Bernadette

Maria Semple's "Where'd You Go, Bernadette" is the story of the bond between a mother and her daughter. Bernadette Fox is eccentric, she doesn't quite fit in with the other moms. In fact, she...

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Louisville Weekend

This past weekend, Katrina and I took a road trip down to Louisville, Kentucky. We went, first and foremost, for a P!nk concert. But we also took some time to explore the city a little and we loved...

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Photo Date

This weekend, I cashed in one of my "datevitations" that Katrina gave me for Valentine's day. We stopped in a little town--Columbus, Indiana--on our way back from a weekend in Louisville (more on...

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What's Your Passion?

Do you think that if we're drawn to something, that means we're meant to do it? That we'll automatically be good at it? As far back as I can remember, I've loved writing. Creating stories. I used...

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Book Review: Landing

With "Landing", I welcome Emma Donoghue into my life. Someone (thank you Courtney!) recommended this to me after I posted a lesbian must-reads list. I'd not only recommend this one for lesbians,...

Feb 21, 2013 Like

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A Valentine's Day Surprise!

Me and Katrina have always loved surprising each other. It's a game we play for who can be the sneakiest. Admittedly, this has backfired on us before... but usually it just makes things more...

Feb 14, 2013 Like

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An App Built for Two

Recently Katrina and I started using this new app called "Avocado", and I am loving it so much! Before, our communication was always scattered across texts, emails, and social media sites, but this...

Feb 14, 2013 Like

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Sullivan High School and the Traditional (no gays allowed!) Prom

This story has been blowing up a little around news sites, especially in the LGBT community. You know what surprises me? When people are surprised by stuff like this. I wish I could say this...

Feb 12, 2013 Like

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She Keeps Me Warm

And I can't change. Even if I tried. Even if I wanted to. And I can't change. My love, my love, my love, She keeps me warm. Those are some of the lyrics from "Same Love", by Macklemore & Ryan...

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Life on Hold

Something I've tried actively to avoid is putting my life on hold until me & Katrina are finally together (as in, living in the same place). Up until now, I've been doing a decent job at this....

Jan 28, 2013 Like

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Lesbian Must-Reads

Reading, for me, has always been a way for me to better understand the world, and my place in it. Although I enjoy reading books about lots of things, the ones that touch my soul and leave an...

Jan 22, 2013 Like

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10 Questions: Ruth

Part 2 of our Q&A! Katrina answering questions about me, and then my real answers. 1. One of their most attractive qualities?K: Her passion and loyalty. You can ALWAYS count on her to do what she...

Jan 19, 2013 Like

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Fish Out of Water

What It Means to Love Your Body

Family Togetherness Time and a Kitty Rescue

A Few Days Off

Book Review: The Marriage Plot

Draw My Life

Happy News

Book Review: Best Lesbian Romance 2012

There Are Lesbians Living Upstairs

Making Sacrifices

Building a Life

Coming Out at Work

Consuming Ethically

Book Review: The Muse

And Now, We Wait

Marriage Matters

Lesbian Baby-Making

Someone Who'll Watch Over Me

Book Review: Where'd You Go, Bernadette

Louisville Weekend

Photo Date

What's Your Passion?

Book Review: Landing

A Valentine's Day Surprise!

An App Built for Two

Sullivan High School and the Traditional (no gays allowed!) Prom

She Keeps Me Warm

Life on Hold

Lesbian Must-Reads

10 Questions: Ruth

10 Questions: Katrina

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