My story!

[emmicd]

Here is my story.

http://ediann.hubpages.com/hub/If-only-you-could-know

emmi

[Sharon]

Thank you for sharing your story with us, Emmi.

[stacycoral]

Hi Emmi, thanks for sharing your story here with us girls,i can feel some of your pain, i know what your feeling too. I pray for your peace of mine. Hugs.

[IamSara]

Thanks for sharing your story Emmi. I can relate so much to my own life.

[JohnH]

Emmi,

My heart goes out to you of how well-meaning people told you "boys don't do that" or "boys don't wear that" while you were growing up.

I fortunately was spared that tripe when I was growing up.

There was a time when boys wore dresses and Mary Jane shoes.
Those boys for the most part grew up to be normal non-transgendered males who wore conventional masculine clothes. John D. Rockefeller, Jr was an example since he had older sisters and he wore hand-me-down dresses exclusively until he was 7 or 8 years of age. And John D. Rockefeller Sr. was a strict Baptist who did not consume any alcohol.

And then some tin gods had it in their little minds to propagate those sayings above to the general public.

John

[Julia_in_Pa]

Thank you Emmi for sharing your story,



Julia

[Kristy_K]

Thank you Emmi for sharing your story.

[Jorja]

Thank you Emmi for sharing your story.

[Donnadcd]

Your story is my story:
I sometimes wonder why people have a hard time understanding transgender. It really isn't all that hard to understand. I have always felt I was a female and I have denied it all my life but as I am getting older I have come to realize I truly need to address my feelings and I will always feel I am a female. I have many considerations and I have family who are near and dear to me who I never ever want to hurt. I just feel I have hidden my identity for way too long and I have been suffering all these years and though I have family who I love I still feel I need to transition to become the woman I have always been. It's not about the clothes. It's about me and who I am. I need to be honest and true to who I am. I don't want to die feeling like I could never tell people who I really was. That would be the worst possible thing I could ever think of. To die and never live as I felt I should all of my life.

- almost word for word. Ever single day that I haven't transitioned is just a reminder of what I must do. I, like you, am trangendered - period

I am constantly looking for ways to muster up enough courage to do it, but I keep coming up short. So I end up coming here mostly to see how others have been able to make the transition and learn from their words and wisdom - hoping someday to be able to tell my own story.

Thank you so much for telling your story. I couldn't have done it any better.

Just know that you are among friends and that you are definitely not alone.

Donna