Write a nice letter to your Grandparents, wherever they are

Brooksie

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Monday October 13, 2008 · 12:45 AM PDT

2008/10/13 · 00:45

This is my first Diary.
I'm composing a letter to my Grandparents. My family is very conservative. We're a mixture of New England Protestant, Mid-Western, Texan & Military. Somehow, my brother and I grew up in Southern California. Everything we learned from our family and our California public schooling has made us both very liberal.
As protestants, there are no major family problems. We just don't speak of them. I'm the gay grandkid from California who went to art school. Most of the family doesn't know I'm gay, even though the folks don't have big problem with it. They definitely don't know I got married to my partner of nine years on the first day it was legal in California.
I'm inspired by Sarah Silverman's "The Great Schlep" to send a little note to my grandparents. These are smart people. That being said, they have no idea what's going on. They are in their 80's and they still think its the 60's.
I know that they think Obama is a muslim, etc. I would appreciate feedback on the letter and I hope that other might be inspired to ruffle the feathers of their grandparents, and parents, too.

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