This is more of what made me happy this week. First I was shopping for sleepers in a local drugstore, when a sales lady came up and asked if i needed help finding some thing I liked. I was a bit stand offish and cold in my need for her assistance. She then added she liked my little pooh bear earing in one ear ...I then told her "ya it matches the other one.. get where im going" in a curt tone. She leaned closer to me , and whispered you are transitioning right ? "Yes I said with a warm smile. She reached out with open arms and gave me a hug... "you are so OK to me I have a f2m son and I'm here for you we talked for a bit exchanged e mail addys I feel so happy for the acceptance of a stranger I get a lil welled up thinking about it.
Yesterday I was at my endo I got great news from him which I will talk about in another thread.On my way out I needed to get change for parking, picked up a coffee and muffin and sat across from a help podium for the building. A young girl was helping a senior with something and the senior was very thankful to the girl for her help. She was so happy from the compliment that yu could see her shedding a tear. As a spectator, I beamed with a big smile looking at the young girl. She then stoked up a conversation with me and we talked untill I finished my coffee. At no point did she mention my gender, I later made reference to my mouth and lip area ( growth for electro). she told me that did not matter to her I got up to leave, she extended her hand to shake , I said girls dont shake hands and opened up my arms to hug. She returned a warm hug and told me that I would be fine. Some times strangers, can be better than people we have known for 30 years. Im still beaming over my week .
