Seeing a positive portrayal of how a good parent should react in this situation... made me think about how much it would have meant to me if I had heard such acceptance and reassurance at that age. It opened up some difficult feelings of my own past experiences. It choked me up to feel them come back up, but it was something that I needed. A realization that what I had to go through was so not right. The acceptance of that helps me remember I should always be proud to be myself, and I think about how grateful I am that today I'm free to be me.
Times are changing, which means more young people will have a dad like Mateja's. That's something I'm so happy about. Thank you for sharing this story.