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The Freedom of Forgiveness

At this time I was living at home with my mother, my stepfather and my older brother, called Kevin. My younger brother, Jeff, was in and out of the house, sometimes living with friends, other times moving back home. The relationship among us brothers was somewhat strained. My older brother and I got along fairly well; we had our times when we argued as all siblings do, but overall, he and I were cool. But with my younger brother, our relationship was more volatile. We would not only argue, but on occasion, we would physically fight.

Upon graduating from high school in 1985, I immediately left home and joined the U.S. Army. I got out of the Army in 1989 and returned home only to find out that my youngest brother was a homosexual. How times had changed! Back then, it seemed to me that being gay was embarrassing, and at the time, my ignorance of homosexuality caused me to be extremely troubled, really agitated. It was also disturbing to discover that my brother was not working and seemingly uninterested in being employed.