I've been wanting to do it for years - dress up in an inflatable suit and prance around my small town, incognito! Then I decided the only thing more fun than that would be getting a matching suit for my Little so we could prance around together.
We chose our town's Pride Festival to make our unicorn debut and, while it was ridiculously hot in those costumes, I'm pretty sure we made a lot of people smile - including ourselves. Next stop? Well, I can't tell you yet.
Today, I'm also sharing a song I wrote for anyone who has ever felt like they couldn't fully express their true self. Probably most of us have felt that way at one time or another, in one circumstance or another, and that makes me a little sad.
In a funny way, being a giant, anonymous unicorn felt like a form of self-expression. And that makes me feel good.
No matter what we do, someone will be displeased with us. So we may as well shine our little light as brightly as we can in our own corner of the world, because somebody, somewhere is waiting to meet - and love - the real us.
What I know for sure:
• I will lose subscribers because of my support of Pride. In fact, I lose more subscribers from my annual Pride post than I lose during the entire rest of the year combined.
• Some people will think I'm silly, immature, or unprofessional.
AND
• Somebody, somewhere, will feel a little more permission to be themselves today because of this post.
Maybe that somebody is you.
And if it is, I hope you let a little more of the real you out into the world.
We could sure use it.
Stephanie Staples
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