Quote from: I Am Jess on February 04, 2017, 12:45:05 PM
So many beautiful ladies. What strikes me the most is how happy everyone is and much your smiles shine.
I was at the doctors office yesterday waiting for the doctor to come in and thought the lighting looked very good. So I took a picture.

Va-va-voom, girl! :-)
Yes, the smiles, right? We all remember when smiles were absent, or hollow, right? And we all know there are other sisters out there, that don't yet believe that THEY could be fabulous, that believe their insecurities, and hold onto the lies told them by their parents, friends, and society.
Here is a pic of me after a year or so of HRT, two years before surgery, but still, I am all smiles, because by this point, I know myself, know my path, know what I have been missing all along. It doesn't matter that my face hadn't changed much yet, that I had barely any electro, that I had thin lips, fat arms, or that my spouse was now gone, or that I was in the process of losing and liquidating
everything I had built up in my life. I am happy. I can see that I already knew what I was going to do..
I was gonna be FABULOUS!!! :-)
And nobody, nothing, was gonna stop me!

When we smile, we smile for those that are still searching for their happiness, too. They need to see us, to see themselves in us, just as we once saw ourselves, even if for just a second, through those that came before us. We are all in a line, a line that extends into the past, populated by the brave souls that paved the way, and the line also extends forward, to include those of us yet too frightened to risk revealing ourselves...
I celebrate our fabulousness with great joy, we deserve the rewards after taking the risks, and I celebrate those that don't quite share our joy, not yet, because one day, maybe some day soon, those girls will take their places in this line of fabulousness, and find that missing smile, and light in their eyes, and know joy and happiness, also.
Here's to fabulousness, past, present, and future!!
Rock on, sisters, you are all fabulous!!
Missy