I Have a Gay Father

My situation is the reverse from most others disowned by my family. I’m gay (Surprise!) and knew I was back in 1970 but do to many different circumstances got married and had two boys with my wife. Flash forward 30 years and I came out – was outed. The kids were gone and I didn’t see a “happily ever after” with her. Divorced now, I met a man and married him. I’m finally REALLY happy now for the first time after 3 decades of pretending. One huge downside, my kids have divorced me. Even sending Christmas cards last year was met with a terse 4 sentence response complete with legalistic language threatening me to stop contact. So there you have it. I literally made these boys, changed their dirty diapers, raised them, supported them, LOVED them and now, I’m done. Unless their attitudes change I’ll never see my grandchildren. I get it that my ex-wife, who claims to be Christian, is done with me but setting my kids against me…..? To make it all the worse I’m only 20 minutes from either child.