
My father’s first church was called South Park Community Parish. What a great name. My dad has always been quite ecumenical and inclusive. “Parish”, to me, is warmer and more welcoming than “church”. Church can bite my butt.

My father’s first church was called South Park Community Parish. What a great name. My dad has always been quite ecumenical and inclusive. “Parish”, to me, is warmer and more welcoming than “church”. Church can bite my butt.

There are songs that bring me comfort when I am stressed, that remind me when my parents were still married, that can bring my cousin Tony and my grandparents, for me, back to life.