The Winstons

Love lives in us…the Winstons and we want to share a little of it with you! June is pride month and darlings, we want to shout it from the rooftops. It is time to let the LGBTQIA+ flags fly! The 1978 version of the Pride flag was created with eight stripes that each had a meaning:

Hot pink: Sex

Red: Life

Orange: Healing

Yellow: Sunlight

Green: Nature

Turquoise: Magic

Indigo: Serenity

Violet: Spirit

Sometimes in our relationships we need a guide to keep us going. Let PRIDE lead the way.

The Mrs.

Winston and I have shared how much communication means to us, but there are days when couples forget this crucial element They talk, but they don’t communicate. Cover every bit of it; hold nothing back. Sex is an important time to connect and share. We discuss EVERY aspect of it…likes, dislikes, desires, changes, every bit of it. I used to be embarrassed to even say the word sex, but Winston has shown me that I shouldn’t be embarrassed about any part of me, so he gets it naked and stripped down, in and out of the bedroom It is the life we have joined together, so we think of one another in everything that happens We don’t focus on the traumas of our past, but the healing As a matter of fact, in order to ensure our relationship would blossom, we had to put in some work to step out of the dark into the sunlight as individuals. It is what meant we could naturally blossom and find the magic in love. Our home is one of serenity and spiritual guidance.

I am proud of the work Winston and I did before we met and the work we have put in as a couple We find power in vulnerability If you are still hiding behind the walls of your past, your hurts, and your reservations, then what does your pride look like? Is it creating rainbows of falseness and social media posts for a parade or is it the reality of digging in to create a colorful tapestry of a relationship that survives everyday? Winston makes my heart smile. He’s not perfect and neither am I, but I am proud of who we are everyday

Winston

There is nothing we can't talk about and nothing we won't talk about For example, sex being something so many people have tried to minimize and cheapen when they talk about the LGBTQIA community, so we have to take back the narrative. It is a wonderful way to express how much I dig you on a physical level Alot of us have been shamed into thinking that we shouldn't talk about or even express what we want or need in this area Bump that! I have pride about all that I am and the freedom to allow my partner and myself to freely express our needs without shame or embarrassment. Life is the fantastic thing I get to show up for and share with this amazing woman God blessed me with No matter what comes, we share in it all and I thank the Lord for the healing process because without it we wouldn't able to dance in the sunlight of the happiness we've created I kissed a lot of frogs to get to the Queen. And we haven't stopped since.

Over the years as we grow and change, we have found new things to enjoy together even in nature. It has been this great and wonderful experience that we've gotten to share Mark my words. I'm gonna get this woman to a treehouse or a yurt one of these days. One year for our anniversary, we rented a cabin in Kentucky that was very secluded You had to drive an hour before you got cell service and it was the most beautiful and serene time. We found a place to just be. The magic of being able to live and love as your authentic self is that you start to see the beauty in the world around you. You connect to it, to yourself and to each other. I am proud of our spiritual connection I never really understood the significance of being connected spiritually till the Mrs but there is something very intimate and pure about it. A praying wife is a blessing to a man's soul and we all know this old man is blessed It is this kind of love we stand up for every Pride month because someone else deserves the kind of love we have found lives in us

Thoughts to Leave You

Pride is not just parades and dancing in the streets. Pride is what helped to move our love from the whispered secrets in back rooms and your auntie's "special friend" to an out, proud, doing the work- couple like us. We don't exist in the same way without it. So this Pride month hold one another a little closer, attend your pride events, pray for those in places who can't, but in all you do….remember to find the love that lives in all of us!