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JOHN HEDGES<br />
Hello all you FAbUloUS people.<br />
Pinkie’s Place<br />
Hello all you FABULOUS people out there. Well Kevin and I were delighted<br />
last week when Bella da Ball and her partner Ken stopped by<br />
our home for a short visit on Saturday before we went to the Jazz in the<br />
Pines in Idyllwild. Then on Sunday we had the amazing Allison Annalora,<br />
Ron and Bill stop by for a visit.<br />
We love to have our friends stop by so let me know when you are in<br />
Idyllwild…..OH I almost forgot that we had a very nice visit with Boyd and<br />
Lisette, they came up for the day a couple weeks ago…..<br />
I want to digress from my normal article on Idyllwild this week. There is<br />
something that has been weighing heavy on my for a long time. With all<br />
the gay teen suicide lately this has really been on my mind. Anything I<br />
can do to help a young person realize that there are people all around<br />
ready to help you out, no matter what you are going through.<br />
Again I go back to my days in High School. I know you see Pinkie and<br />
you think that I am someone that has it all together and must have been<br />
the most popular person in school. There were over 2,ooo people in my<br />
graduating class. I was just a face in the crowd and on top of that I was<br />
in the marching<br />
band with over 300 people. I played the tenor saxophone.<br />
High school had to be the worse time of my life. I knew I was gay, but<br />
how could I tell anyone, I would have been laughed at, even more than<br />
I was. I never felt more alone in my life. On top of that I was brought up<br />
going to a Southern Baptist Church twice every Sunday and then each<br />
Wednesday night.<br />
I don’t blame my parents for anything. They did not know I was gay. It<br />
was my fault for not telling them. Of course that was over 25 years ago.<br />
Times are much different now than when I was a teenager. Today I think I<br />
could have told my parents and had more support.<br />
Of course it was good finding out, as boys do, that there were others in<br />
the youth group that were gay. Oh those camp fire days….lol……..<br />
But the days of me having to stand in the corner to eat my lunch because<br />
no one would let me sit with them. There were many times I thought<br />
about suicide. Luckily for me, I kept looking forward and knew one day<br />
things had to get better. Teens of today, I truly hope you know there are<br />
people that are ready<br />
and able to help you. Just ASK!<br />
Today I am one of the luckiest people. I would never have thought way<br />
back then that I would be legally married to a man, a wonderful man.<br />
Have a home in Idyllwild which I truly love spending time here. I have<br />
two wonderful dogs. I am a local entertainer and make people happy<br />
when they see Pinkie. Even though right now I am going through a LOT<br />
of medical issues I am surrounded with friends, my best friend Bella<br />
da Ball, and all my entertainer friends, Melissa, Sheila, Jersey, Carol,<br />
Charles, Doug, and many many more, sorry I cant list you all, but know<br />
that you are part of me being here.<br />
You can reach Pinkie at PINKIEMERINGUE@YAHOO.COM<br />
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