#back in wv the one time i flew a pride flag at my parents' place they were like make sure to take it in at night or it might get torn down

[purplespacecats]

on the first sunny warm afternoon this year i was, of course, out front gardening, and my neighbor francene, a cis straight woman (afaik) in her 60s, was chilling on her balcony. at one point she got my attention and asked "where's your beautiful flag?" i explained that i'd taken my pride flag down bc it was ripped (with charades bc i wasn't sure how to say that in french lol) and i'd been meaning to fix it. she immediately offered to fix it for me, saying that she has a sewing maching so it'll take 5 minutes!

so ofc i ran in to get the flag and pass it up to her, and sure enough she came back in 5 minutes with it hemmed and mended!!!

i thanked her profusely saying how happy it would make me to see it flying again, and she said it'll make her happy too :')