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Username: MortParChocolat
LN: Charbonne / Hall
Dgf: Clarisse Marine Charbonne (27)
Dgf: Vanessa Leigh Hall (24)
--DS: Maurice Anthony Benton-Charbonne (5)
When Clarisse came out to her family, she was met with disappointment and rejection by almost every relative. She was not exactly kicked out of her home, but her parents made it very clear they would prefer for her to leave. Being only 17 and just about to finish school, she felt hopeless. She could not support herself, but neither her aunt nor her grandparents would welcome her in their homes. And her only sister had emigrated to the U. S. years ago, to live a life deemed very appropriate by her family - married to a Baptist pastor in a small town in Michigan...
Clarisse was more than surprised when her mother called her to the phone (it was probably the first time she'd spoken her name in weeks) and baffled to find out it was Nathalie that wanted to talk to her. She had only just found out about what had happened. She, too, was disappointed in her sister, but only because she had not told her immediately. She offered for Clarisse to come to the States as soon as possible and even promised to arrange and pay for everything.
Life with her sister, however, turned out not to be free of stress either. First of all, there was this whole being in a foreign culture and hardly knowing the language thing. And as Nathalie could not afford to pay college tuition for her sister, Clarisse would have to work for a while before continuing her educational path. She didn't exactly like working two minimum wage jobs, but it was in the workplace that she fell in love. Clarisse was too shy at first to even talk to Vanessa, but eventually they started hanging out, and soon became a couple.
Nathalie's husband, while he welcomed Clarisse into the home warmly, still had predjudices, and first tried to talk her into 'conversion therapy', then started arguing with his wife more and more. Clarisse's lifestyle, he said was sinful, and if she denied to change, she would be a harmful influence to their new-born son.
Then, one night, while baby-sitting little Maurice, Clarisse got the phone call. Nathalie and her husband had been in an accident; the pastor was dead immediately, his wife rushed to the hospital. She was conscious when Clarisse came to see her, accompanied by Vanessa and the child. Although it seemed she could recover quite well, she must have been feeling she would not leave this bed again. She died after two weeks in intensive care.
Although Nathalie had taken care to prepare the needed legal documents, Clarisses fight with the courts was not an easy one. She was young, had only just gained her American citisenship, and if the court didn't consider the fact she was a lesbian, the fathers side of the family surely was, and they antagonised her in all ways they could find. Finally, however, Clarisse succeeded, and was able to start and get her life back into order.
Four years have passed, and Clarisse is now in her junior year in university. Vanessa supports her by taking care of Maurice and working part-time; she plans to go to nursing school once Clarisse has finished her studies.
Yeah... I tried to keep it short...
LN: Charbonne / Hall
Dgf: Clarisse Marine Charbonne (27)
Dgf: Vanessa Leigh Hall (24)
--DS: Maurice Anthony Benton-Charbonne (5)
When Clarisse came out to her family, she was met with disappointment and rejection by almost every relative. She was not exactly kicked out of her home, but her parents made it very clear they would prefer for her to leave. Being only 17 and just about to finish school, she felt hopeless. She could not support herself, but neither her aunt nor her grandparents would welcome her in their homes. And her only sister had emigrated to the U. S. years ago, to live a life deemed very appropriate by her family - married to a Baptist pastor in a small town in Michigan...
Clarisse was more than surprised when her mother called her to the phone (it was probably the first time she'd spoken her name in weeks) and baffled to find out it was Nathalie that wanted to talk to her. She had only just found out about what had happened. She, too, was disappointed in her sister, but only because she had not told her immediately. She offered for Clarisse to come to the States as soon as possible and even promised to arrange and pay for everything.
Life with her sister, however, turned out not to be free of stress either. First of all, there was this whole being in a foreign culture and hardly knowing the language thing. And as Nathalie could not afford to pay college tuition for her sister, Clarisse would have to work for a while before continuing her educational path. She didn't exactly like working two minimum wage jobs, but it was in the workplace that she fell in love. Clarisse was too shy at first to even talk to Vanessa, but eventually they started hanging out, and soon became a couple.
Nathalie's husband, while he welcomed Clarisse into the home warmly, still had predjudices, and first tried to talk her into 'conversion therapy', then started arguing with his wife more and more. Clarisse's lifestyle, he said was sinful, and if she denied to change, she would be a harmful influence to their new-born son.
Then, one night, while baby-sitting little Maurice, Clarisse got the phone call. Nathalie and her husband had been in an accident; the pastor was dead immediately, his wife rushed to the hospital. She was conscious when Clarisse came to see her, accompanied by Vanessa and the child. Although it seemed she could recover quite well, she must have been feeling she would not leave this bed again. She died after two weeks in intensive care.
Although Nathalie had taken care to prepare the needed legal documents, Clarisses fight with the courts was not an easy one. She was young, had only just gained her American citisenship, and if the court didn't consider the fact she was a lesbian, the fathers side of the family surely was, and they antagonised her in all ways they could find. Finally, however, Clarisse succeeded, and was able to start and get her life back into order.
Four years have passed, and Clarisse is now in her junior year in university. Vanessa supports her by taking care of Maurice and working part-time; she plans to go to nursing school once Clarisse has finished her studies.
Yeah... I tried to keep it short...
This message was edited 10/17/2011, 1:35 PM
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