So hello and I guess thank you for reading my introduction, though I don't really know who I'm being introduced to and this will probably go poorly as Im terrible at introductions. That being said I'm going to assume that your not an axe murderer and beg you do the same for me.
Anyway.....my name is Erica and I'm a thirtysomething wife and full-time mother of three...... oh, and I'm a transwoman, mtf, etc.......... I guess that last part is probably the reason I'm here, not that your all not wonderful people it's just..... well..... It's not like we can just join the bleeding Masons for support. So long story short here I am.
I've been living as myself for over year now, at first I was terrified as I live in Oklahoma but my wife and best friend got me through the scary early bits. I am incredibly lucky, my wife and I always had reversed relationship roles, no matter how hard I tried to "man" I was always her "delicate flower." She'd call me her "wife" at work and to our friends and I was. Then when it came time to tell our friends and family about my transition the overwhelming response was, "well that makes sense." Now our family mostly consists of Oklahoma farm folk and I was sure rejection was coming from someone, but it never did. Even my father an army colonel just accepted me as me and the world turned on.. just with a happier me in it.
I've never really met another transperson. Sometimes I would come to sites like this and think about joining but I really never felt like I had much in common with what I was reading. I'm not fabulous or glam and have no desire to be either, I'm a mom, I love my mom world. But I have to live in the real world as well and it has a big orange trump ravaging the land.
So now I'm trying to stand up and give back, becoming politically active and such. As well as finding out more about the lgbt community I'm now a part of. So hello.
