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Humorous, honest writing about shame, identity, and the search for belonging.

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#1108123 added February 11, 2026 at 4:25pm
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The Moment That Shaped Everything
When I was a kid, my dad did something unconventional. It wasn’t sexual. It wasn’t inappropriate. But it shaped the entire architecture of my adult identity.

It was the moment where comfort, confusion, and connection collided — and I didn’t have the language to understand it until years later.

Every major decision I made as an adult traces back to that imprint. Including the moment I realized I’d finally gone too far.

'Floorbound' is the story of how a strange childhood quirk became a lifelong compass — one that led me into desire, shame, secrecy, and eventually, a kind of self‑acceptance I never thought possible.

It’s not a trauma memoir. It’s not a coming‑out story. It’s something messier — a reckoning with the quiet moments that shape us, the ones we don’t talk about because they’re too weird, too tender, or too hard to explain.

This blog is the first step in telling that story. And maybe, in finally letting it be seen.

'Floorbound' Arriving Pride Month 2026. Another piece of the story next week.

Updates coming as Pride Month gets closer.

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