Stephanie Sammons - Billboard Sign

6. Billboard Sign
Growing up in the South, I was raised in a traditional Southern Baptist home. When I came out to my parents in my late 20s, it was not by choice. They asked, and I did what I was taught to do; I told the truth. My family was broken apart as a result for about a decade. There are harmful religious billboard signs all over the U.S. When I saw one that said “Jesus Saves” it gave me a way into this song. I was finally able to sit down and write about the hypocrisy of the evangelical beliefs I was raised with and my own family story in a way that I felt was appropriate. The damage of being rejected by a parent can’t be erased, and the reality of how much time was wasted is something that I still grieve.