Blaine's Post For Work

A/N: If you need an explanation about this, you’re ridiculous. But I’m going to give you one, strictly because the internet is a scary place. This is straight out of a roleplay I do. I don’t work for Vogue.com. I’ve never even been to Vogue.com. But…I’m changing things up. So…enjoy my blog post for “Vogue.com”

Experiences Of Sadness…And The Light At The End

A Vogue.com exclusive by Junior writer, Cheryl Warbler

My son is brilliant. He’s a smart boy. When I told him what Isabelle’s prompt to me for this week was, he held my hand. And he loved me. And he wanted to help. He looked me dead square in the eye. He didn’t freak out, and quite frankly…his response surprised me. But when he looked me in the eye, and spoke. I knew.

“Do you need help? I mean maybe it’d be interesting to see about abuse at home. Rather than one type.”

My brilliant Blaine, ladies and gentlemen. So, I’m gonna do something a little bit different. I was supposed to write about abusive relationships and the effects of a person’s mindset, but I’m gonna talk about what Blaine mentioned.

Abuse at home.

Now, I’m not going to tell Blaine’s story. It isn’t mine to tell. But Blaine did give me permission to talk about him. (And let’s face it. My son is perfect, why wouldn’t I talk about him?)

Blaine suffered a lot during his childhood. More than any one person should The abuse he suffered at the hands of someone who “claimed” to love him was heinous.

                Nobody should ever have to go through what my precious, sweet son went through. Nobody. And it makes me angry that anyone has to go through that, not just Blaine, but anyone.

                A child is a precious gift. Now, I know there are the naysayers out there who will tell me that I have no reason to be preaching about parenting, because I’ve been a parent for a week to a seventeen year old boy. And to those people I say this:

                In just a week of being Blaine’s mom, I’ve seen a change in him. A miraculous change. A beautiful change. A young man who was scared and alone, with nobody but his boyfriend to love and support him, is now a smart, sassy CONFIDENT young man. Blaine is my son…we even have a saying.

I removed Blaine from a horrible situation because I had the ability to do so. If your situation at home is horrible, or you think you have nobody to talk to about the situation you’re in…you’re wrong.

                Go to a counselor, go to a friend. Talk to someone. Run away. There is never any shame in removing yourself from a dangerous situation. If you don’t feel safe, leave. I ran from Ohio to New York. I ran to Blaine, and Blaine ran to me. Run somewhere if you have the ability to do so.

Those sayings you were wondering about? They’re from the movie ‘Lilo & Stitch’ (one of Blainers’ favorites…but shhh. Don’t tell him I told you.) and they fit our situation perfectly.

“’Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind. Or forgotten.”

“This is my family. I found it, all on my own. Is little, and broken, but still good. Yeah, still good.”

Until next week.

Cheryl XOXO