Sometime following my Dad's death, I worked up the courage to come out (via telephone) to my Mom. I talked for quite a while and she listened to everything I had to say. We've had at least a half dozen crossdressing-related conversations since and my Mom has also viewed a small photo album of Michelle that I keep handy (although she has never actually seen me crossdressed in person.)
None of this news has exactly made my Mom's day, but she at least seems to recognize that this is important to me...but, I have learned through conversations with my sister that my Mom is really perplexed by my crossdressing. She just doesn't see anything feminine at all about me and does not understand why I feel the way(s) I do. In any event, I feel good because no matter what, I know that I am not hiding anything or keeping secrets...