Hi and welcome to the first episode of my brand new podcast "Medicated Musings". I don't really have any solid plans for what will become of this. It will mostly be me discussing things that are near and dear to my heart like my life, my family, my views. Every so often, I might have a guest appearance from my husband or one of my kids, but mostly, this is just another podcast about random things.
A little background about me: I'm 37. My husband and I have been married for almost 12 years. We have 15 year old boy/girl twins and a 10 year old son. We live just outside of Tampa in a little town that has absolutely nothing in it except a grocery store, a Circle K and a bunch of meth addicts. Rumor has it that Reba McEntire has a house on the lake in this town, but I can't confirm that, despite my efforts to.
We are a pretty Liberal family. We've gone to three Pride parades and countless drag shows. We are very much allies and with good reason; our 15 year old daughter is bisexual and our 10 year old son is transgender.
I know you are probably hearing this and thinking "They are just kids...what do they know?". You'd be surprised. Kids these days are more aware of their sexuality, likely due to the fact that it isn't as taboo of a topic as it used to be. In our family, we've always kept the lines of communication open and have taught our kids from an early age that love knows no gender.
When she was 12 or 13, our daughter came out to us during a tear-filled case of word vomit where she admitted she had a girlfriend. She knew we were allies, but I guess was scared of how we would feel actually having a child who is part of the LGBTQ+ community. Once we assured her that nothing would cause us to disown her (except maybe being a Republican [inside joke]), she calmed down and started finding her footing in this crazy rollercoaster called life.
Since he could walk, we knew that our youngest son was going to be different. Sure, he liked Barbies and dressing up, but he also was stealing his brother's clothes and toys whenever he could. Either late 2018/early 2019, he came out as gender fluid. While he occasionally dressed like the girl he was born as, he still mostly preferred all things boy over anything girl. So when he came out a couple of months ago as transgender and said he wanted to present solely as male, we weren't completely shocked.
Our oldest son...he's the most supportive big brother in the world. He is older than our daughter by 1 minute and plays that card as much as possible. He's in to gaming and that's basically it.
Parenting is not easy, but honestly, nothing in life worth doing really is. All we can do is support our kids and their decisions...as long as they aren't hurting themselves or other people.
On our next episode, I'll tell you guys about the whirlwind romance between my husband and I. Until then, be good and do good recklessly.
Welcome to a Secret Subject Swap. This week 7 brave bloggers picked a secret subject for someone else and were assigned a secret subject to interpret in their own style. Today we are all simultaneously divulging our topics and submitting our posts.
My subject was "If you started a podcast, what would it be about? Would you have a partner? What would your gimmick be to separate you from all the others in your subject area? Give us a written taste of your first episode." and it was submitted by Jenniy from Climaxed. Thanks for such a thought provoking subject!
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Well done, my friend. I'm convinced that the key to raising healthy kids is to allow them to explore and to listen when they tell us their truth.
ReplyDeleteWith the world the way it is today you'd probably have a large following. If you choose to go that way, good luck.
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It looks like you have a wonderful family of support, and that's how it should be. It's nice to see your family has that and allows kids to find their way in this crazy world!
ReplyDeleteThat intro certainly makes an entrance.
ReplyDeleteOne opisode might be about your family packing up their stuff and moving. And moving back. Or something like this. How long ago was this?
My kiddo came out as bi on christmas 2018, and he is exploring gender and thinks he is genderqueer, but still prefers he/him, so we joke that our house is hella gay. I think if I were to do a podcast, I'd definitely go the true crime route. or maybe a book club.
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