It took me a year to finally be happy with who I am

The most defining moment of my life was my summer between sophomore and junior year of high school when I was learning about my sexuality, and I learned I was a lesbian. My parents weren’t supportive of that lifestyle at that time, so I tried to stray away from who I thought I was and being gay, being myself. But I knew I had to be happy with who I am, and it took me a year to finally be happy with who I am, which is being a lesbian. I finally told myself I was a lesbian and I started living that lifestyle and I became happier. I came out to them last year, my stepdad took it well, but my mom took it really badly, and she would ask herself and me what went wrong with me, and it strained our relationship. Only this year she started coming around to the idea, but she would make comments like “when you get married and have kids with a guy” but I would say “or when I marry a woman and have kids mom.” I was never religious, but my mom was and would go to church every Sunday. She wanted me to go and I wanted to make her proud of me, so I went, but then I ended up hating it, especially since I’m a lesbian, and being gay isn’t supported, so it pushed me further away from religion. I’m happy with who I am now because I can finally be myself.