Because I loved him

and apprehension about what the future held for him. Graduation day approached, marking

to where his parents were sitting, their proud smiles warming his heart. They had always

iend from childhood who had always stood by Tami through thick and thin. Dapo had been one of the few peopl

ne with secondary school!" Dapo exclaim

day we were starting as freshmen," Tami r

phere, Tami couldn't shake the feeling that he still had some unfinished business. He had come to terms

ove. His heart pounded in his chest as he rehearsed the words he needed to say to his parents. He kn

ce his fears. He walked back into the house, where h

oment?" Tami's voice was steady, des

nd curiosity. "Of course, Tami. What's on your mind?"

ll, you know how you've always taugh

s nodded i

that I've been keeping hidden for a long time. I'

pounded in his ears. Then, to his relief, his moth

matter what," she said, her voic

oudly. "You are our son, and nothing will ever change t

ief and joy. He had feared that his truth might alter his parents' pe

off his shoulders. He no longer had to hide a significant part of

grateful for the love and understanding that surrounded him. He knew that the jour

s, his friend Dapo, and the city he had grown up in. As the bus pulled away

bracing oneself fully, with all its intricacies and truths. And armed with that knowledge, he was det

with hope in his heart and the support of those who loved him, he was ready to step into the