Jonah Wrote:
To all my friends and supporters, I made this video 4 months ago just
before school was about to start. I was 13. It was a very emotionally
dark time in my life. I made the video at
4:00am
in the morning; I hadn't been sleeping at night for a long time, too
many things going on in my head. I was dreading going back to school and
I had not come out to my family yet. Only my closest friends knew. I
didn't know how to say what I needed to say. All I could think about
were all the bad things that had been happening at school last year,
every year for that matter. I just couldn't bare to go through that
anymore. I was done being fake happy, pretending hateful words didn't
hurt, done hiding it from my family.
So this video was made for my
friends that had moved on to High School who were worried for me, to say
to them that I was going to take a stand, and to the haters at my
middle school that I'm not going anywhere. I am who I am. I posted the
video here and told people were to find it. That was it.
My friends
were moved by the video and thought I did something important. I was
encouraged to upload it to my Facebook page so more people could see it.
Maybe it could help someone else going through the same thing. So I
linked it Dec. 1st. My Parents saw it for the first time Dec, 2nd.
Then..... all this happened.
I
never expected in a million years that it would have such a wonderful
impact on so many people. I am truly humbled and truly thankful for all
the love, encouragement and support from people all over the world. It's
been incredibly overwhelming. I don't know what to say. Thank you so,
so much!
Lastly, yes you have seen me happy in a couple short videos
replies I posted; I would think that would be a good thing , and yes I
do have friends, my High School friends, and I have made friends because
when I came out they realized that they had hurt me and that they fealt
sorry. The video is real, and true.
In the last few months
everything eventually came out in the open, I felt a huge weight off my
shoulders; I'm happy, I'm excepted for who I am, I'm more confident and
feel stronger every day.
Thank you all, Love and peace to all who are hurting.
Jonah Mowry
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