she's up for whatever I want to do...right now, she thinks i'm not going because doug isn't going to be there..after thinking on it - I think it'd be good to go as well, meet some of doug's peeps that live here in town so that we might all get together when he's in town sometime... plus, I had this revelation of sorts that i was being really shallow cuz doug always attends my family functions and he's normally the only black guy there.. he has no problems with it, so why should i?!
I thought I had broken all those old sheltered barriers my parents helped develop, but apprently not...I think attending this function will only be a benefit in the long run..
I have to admit that typing this out and dealing with the embarassment (yea, i am embarassed to admit that i'm still a little shy when it comes to getting out of my "realm") of having this up on the web is what really helped me to see the light a lot more.. the more i thought about "well, if someone else had written this, what advice would i give them" the more i could work thru it, seeing it from "outside the box"...
but thank you for your response!! it only confirms what i had worked through... the only way to face a challenge is to face it head on!
