....and I am so blessed for it.
Sunday afternoon our daughter was over for dinner and since my wonderful but DADT wife is away, I had been enjoying some Maria Elena (Helen) time.
I thought I had completely and thoroughly put everything away, double and triple checked everything but lo and behold, a false fingernail had dropped to the floor I our bedroom and you guessed it, my daughter (30-some years old, a stunning, single gurl with an MBA) found it.
She immediately became suspicious of me having done something extra-marital and I had no choice but to confess, share my life story with her, and show her a picture or two which brought tons of tears of relief, care, love and understanding from her. We enjoyed several good cries, me of the memories and pain of my journeys and hers of love and relief....we hugged for what seemed hours....
We of course talked about someday she meeting Helen and today at around four today Tuesday she texted me wondering what I was doing for dinner and if I had no plans, she would buy us Thai food and come over so she could meet MarĂ*a Elena.
I left work a bit early and dressed in only 90 minutes (pics in the Video and Pictures gallery) and met her at the door when she arrived at 6:30, and we talked for hours over several glasses of wine, dinner and coffee -and yes, she loved me. She was floored at how I carried myself, the overall look, and just accepted me and told me she loved me more than ever. We talked a lot about her Mom and how she could see how and why my wife would not be comfortable with me en femme, how finally she is now able to piece many things together about me, particularly my uncharacteristically 'over-caring' for people, tenderness and other bits of my character that are sometimes at odds with my very male other persona. One of her phrases was beyond priceless: 'I have no doubt that you being comfortable as a women has made you a much better husband and father' -and I lost it.
So much weight off my shoulders, so wonderful to have a child who can appreciate and feel compassionate for me and this sometimes very lonely journey....I am so, so, so incredibly blessed.
And yes, next week we are going out together for dinner and drinks somewhere.....I'll post that too as well as a few pics.
Count me the most happy person on earth right now...so, so blessed.
Hugs all
MarĂ*a Elena (Helen)