roccopaperiello

At 63 still struggling for answers I was raised as a very strict Carholic At 13 I started wondering -- was something "wrong" with me. A boy in my class I thought I might rather kiss than the date I had to my 8th grade dance By the time I went through puberty at 15, all my "dreams" involved boys only! At 16, In spite of trying to make myself straight, I finally admitted that I was "probably" gay.I started living "the big lie." In the 1960s NOBODY admitted they were gay At 18 I entered a Catholic Seminary to become a priest At 19 I had a severe nervous breakdown and contemplated suicide. At 26 left the seminary struggling with my "Faith" At 27 Air Force and became a Survival Instructor At 32 received my degree. Majors: Math, Ed, Minors: Phys, Philos, and Classical Lang I taught High School and remedial math at a Billings college then nurses aid in Peds I've worked and lived in Yellowstone National Park last 9 year My par