Mother of two, Cherie Garcia is trying her absolute best to be a great mom. She's divorced and raising her two kids by herself and teaching them to be thoughtful and kind people.
And honestly, she's nailing it.
Garcia's teenage son, Crow, came out to her as transgender in a letter that looked like a ransom note complete with cut out letters.
Garcia tweeted:
"My teenager handed me this envelope and asked that I wait to open it until after he went to his dad's house."
"After opening it, I called to let him know that the *only* thing that's wrong with this is the 'r' he accidentally left out of congratulations."
She punctuated the tweet with a smiley emoji, a transgender flag emoji and a gay pride flag emoji.
She continued in a thread:
"There is nothing my kids could do to lose my support and unconditional love."
"My prayer for each of them is that they live life as their authentic selves, without compromise."
"My teen is figuring things out and I support him 100%, because God created both of my babies perfectly."
She also noted the conversation between her and Crow's dad.
"I walked by his room before he gave it to me & I happened to be on the phone w/ his dad (we're divorced)."
"Dad asked how Crow was doing & I said, 'They're either working on homework or holding someone ransom.'"
"I was relieved that it wasn't the latter when I opened the envelope."
Garcia's endearing and hilarious response to her son coming out went viral on Twitter, gaining over 24 thousand likes.
My teenager handed me this envelope and asked that I wait to open it until after he went to his dad's house. After opening it, I called to let him know that the *only* thing that's wrong with this is the “r" he accidentally left out of congratulations . 😊🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 pic.twitter.com/0DXmvcgGjk
— Cherie Garcia (@CherieAmours) November 14, 2021
There is nothing my kids could do to lose my support and unconditional love. My prayer for each of them is that they live life as their authentic selves, without compromise. My teen is figuring things out and I support him 100%, because God created both of my babies perfectly. ❤️
— Cherie Garcia (@CherieAmours) November 14, 2021
I walked by his room before he gave it to me & I happened to be on the phone w/ his dad (we're divorced). Dad asked how Crow was doing & I said, "They're either working on homework or holding someone ransom." I was relieved that it wasn't the latter when I opened the envelope.😂
— Cherie Garcia (@CherieAmours) November 16, 2021
People love she focused on the spelling error more than the coming out itself.
Classic mom move.
It does! His dad's letter has the r. He said he was looking for a smaller r to fit on my letter, then he got distracted and forgot to add it. He and I always call out spelling mistakes on signs, so the missing r made me smile. I think he was a little nervous, too. 🥰
— Cherie Garcia (@CherieAmours) November 15, 2021
Spelling is important! Crow and I enjoy pointing out spelling errors on signs, so I especially had to call him out on the missing "r" in his note. 😂
— Cherie Garcia (@CherieAmours) November 16, 2021
One of my students at church just changed his pronouns, we had a gender reveal party for him, the entire church participated.
— Keara ( she/her) (@TheWriting_Girl) November 15, 2021
I couldn't decide when I came out so I gave my parents 3 different cards. This was one. pic.twitter.com/piv6dCig7z
— CapnV (@CapnVonV666) November 16, 2021
I love the drama of it. My own non binary kiddo nailed a note to their door in the middle of the night and declared that if we must refer to them to refer to them as our spawn 😂. I commented on the atrocious handwriting.
— mother of giants (@sydneybmago) November 16, 2021
Oh my stars, this is so adorable. What a creative way to tell his parents! Crow seems like a great kid- congRatulations for giving him the respect, freedom, and sense of fun for him to be able to give you this!
— Falco SkyWolf- He/Xey, Punhound Philosoraptor (@FalSkyWolf) November 16, 2021
I love these coming-out stories. You gotta love your kid for who they are, not who you thought they were. Thank you to you and his dad for being the kind of parents he could share his real self with. ❤
— SupportiveInternetMom (@supportive_mama) November 15, 2021
working very hard on something only to discover there is a typo no matter how many times you checked is part of the LGBT+ experience
at least for me it has been
— Kimberley (she/her) (@angelkized) November 16, 2021
That was my favorite part!
— Cherie Garcia (@CherieAmours) November 16, 2021
It breaks my heart when parents don't accept their kids. I don't understand it.
— Cherie Garcia (@CherieAmours) November 16, 2021
Aw, thank you! Loving my kids is the easiest thing. ❤️
— Cherie Garcia (@CherieAmours) November 16, 2021
He's quite the artist, but his room is a completely different story! 😩
— Cherie Garcia (@CherieAmours) November 16, 2021
Garcia might just win the Best Mom Award this year.
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