Today, my mother came to my house to talk about something not related to cross dressing. However, during the conversation she told me that she knows I cross dress. She added that she has done a lot of research about it. And today, there was even an article in the paper by Ann Landers about it. Great timing.
The end result, once she researched it, she is okay with it. In fact, she even encouraged me to get out and hang out with other dressers.
Of everyone I was worried about learning of my cross dressing, she was the one I dreaded. She is very "old school" in that she didn't understand things out if the normal. But in the end, she is actually encouraging me!
Needless to say, I was, and still am shocked. But I am also relived that i don't need to go out of my way to try to hide this side of me with her any more.