A meeting of importance

[Emily Ann Brown]

This weekend three "girls" meet in Raleigh NC. Three different people.


In 2006 Stef contacted me with "You are not as long on this journey as I am, but we both need each other." In 2006 I contacted Lilli with " We live about an hour and a half from each other, would you like a friend who only wants your friendship, and REALLY understands you?"

In 2006 when my marriage started coming unglued. Stef was there to listen to my problems/fears, and encourage me to keep going. In 2009 what an accident and stroke left me unable to take care of myself, Lilli and her life partner moved in with me for a time and nursed me back on my heels again.

Where would I be now without these two sisters??? I don't want to think!

This weekend we shared a home...memories....food...clothes...friendship and hopes for the future.

I am not crazy enough to think CD/TG is enough to build a friendship on..it isn't. But it is enough to have a positive effect on a life.

In five years from now...will you have made a different in a life here??? Why not? Forget your difference!!!

Em

I hope I have had as more positive effect in their lives as they have in mine.


ADDENDED BY EM......THERE!!!! NOW NOBODY WILL BE AFFENDED. VERY SORRY I SAID ANYTHING.

[Dawn cd]

What a sweet story! It must be wonderful to have such friends. Congratulations!

[insearchofme]

What a beautiful post form a beautiful girl!

[AllieSF]

Very well said. I know exactly what you mean. I cherish my TG friends and those strangers who I have met while en femme some of whom I can proudly call my friends too. Thanks for sharing.

[Emily Ann Brown]

I wasn't trying to write a sweet story...if it is sweet it is because of the two sisters who added the "sugar".

My goal in telling the story was to challenge some of you to invest a part of your lives in others here. None of us got here by ourselves. For some it is because of the sweet story written by a understanding spouse.

Em

[kristinacd55]

It's great to have friends there for you when you need them. Since the beginning of this year, I have found a few myself out in the real world and we've become very close too.

[Cynthia Anne]

Well sorry! But it is a sweet story! And reading it has touch my life! And I thank YOU! Hugs!

[Fab Karen]

That's great, though you don't have to be religious to do things for friends.

[GMCD]

That's great, though you don't have to be religious to do things for friends.

Did I miss something? I read that she said one was a minister and that they thanked God for their food. Oh, and they prayed for each other at some point. I don't see how that is being religious in any meaningful way other than simply being believers in God. She in no way implied that it was faith that was the unifying factor in their relationships. As a matter of fact, she hinges their relationship largely on their gender status and calls it the primary factor in allowing them to be a positive force in one another's lives, not religion.

Is it really so terrible to believe in one invisible benefactor in the vapor over another or over observable phenomenon that even the mention of simple faith is enough to color a person's whole motivation as "religious." This is a beautiful story of three people's deep and abiding love for one another, of great friends being friends. It's not about agendas or ideologies or mysticisms, it's about love. So what if they also happen to believe in a big, overwhelming, supreme thingy in the indefinable "sky"? Is their love no less real and important? Is their friendship no less valid? Is the mere mention of a God of any kind an immediate disqualification for their genuineness?

I'm sorry, but your statement is just really out of place and feels prejudicial. It's like saying, "You don't have to be a cross dresser to be nice."

[SilkenPrincess]

I had looked forward to finally laying eyes and a hug on Emily and Lilli for years. I am so grateful that everything came together to allow it to happen. I had a wonderful, relaxing, and fun time in Raleigh with my friends. I can hardly wait for the next trip now. (I need to return to get my purse!!!!!)
Steph

[Fab Karen]

To "thank God for the food and 'His' blessing"- a specific religious view. It goes beyond "and we prayed about this/that." If someone wants to put intense belief in something written by ancient misogynists & rewritten many times through history to suit the whims of kings & church-leaders, that's their choice. Just respect other's choice not to want to hear them push their beliefs in a forum which isn't about that- there's a section on this site for people who want to discuss religion. No-one is talking of "hating god"- not wanting to hear about a specific religion isn't the same thing.

Thank you Emily for hearing the intent of my message. I re-iterate that your sharing about your close friendships is lovely to hear about.

[Dian077]

I met both Em and Lilli on my first time out in public and it was a true blessing. They are both wonderful people and you could tell there was a special friendship there. One that I could only hope to find one day with a CD friend or non-cd friend. It was a true pleasure and honor to hang out with you two, and a laugh a minute. I look forward to going out again one day soon.

[GMCD]

Just shut up with that, "We hate God and everyone stupid enough to believe in him!" crap already. Seriously? Just stuff it. I am so sick of the people on this board. A bunch of men in pantyhose thinking they're princesses but really just being bitches, and not very good ones at that. So superior. And so what if I get banned? So what? I live my life free and open and TRULY accepting of EVERYONE, be the transgendered, Christian, Libertarian, or crass and uneducated and hateful. You push your own agendas of hate and exclusion while you cry because no one lets you wear your JCPenney sale-rack dresses to the supermarket.

We are hated on all sides ladies, but nowhere as much as on our own side. Good Bye!