On Sunday my wife said I could go running after she dyed her hair. So I changed into my running skirt and worked on cleaning around the house. Around 11am she told me to go running since she wasn't going to get to her hair until after lunch. As I was heading out the kids started acting up so she joked "you have to take one of these kids with you". Well my youngest son (elementary school) pipes up and says he will go running with me. So I told him to get ready (socks and sweatshirt) and my wife said "oh you don't have to go" to the kid. But my kid didn't care about the skirt and insisted on going. We took a dog with us and went hiking on the trails with small bursts of running and several stops on "cardiac hill" for about 30 minutes total. Totally worth it to trade my run for a hike with my kid
It was my first outing with one of the kids in a skirt (besides Halloween) and it was his choice. It just makes me feel accepted for who I am. And this is why I wanted to tell my kids sooner than later, since I feel at a younger age that it seems a little more normal. There are plenty of threads about telling your kids and whether or not it is a good idea, and I think for me it was the perfect choice for us to tell them. This day proved to me I made the right choice.
