This may seem old hat to some, but not me.
I am sitting here admiring a pair of small golder ball studs that now adorn my ears.
It took many years but I now have pierced ears. Yes!
But something of greater significance accompanied this small act.
As some know, my wife has been slowly coming to terms with the revelations earlier this year regarding my gender identity. It has been difficult, but there is a very good reason I fell in love with her many years ago, and she showed that again today. She was with me when I had the ears done and is ok with it.
And afterward, we were in a store together and she did not react unfavorably at all when I spotted and purchased a little skirt. She is coming to terms with this, slowly, but steadily and accepting the situation for what it is.
I am not pushing hard.
I am gentle and moving slowly.
And she is seeing that I am still her partner and best friend and that the important things have not changed.
Day by day.
One small step at a time.
And today was a very good day.