Today is my rebirthday.
One year ago I took my first HRT dose.
I wasn't yet registered on Susan's.
Full-time was a distant dream.
I wasn't out to anyone but my therapist and my wife and those I ran into at T support get-togethers.
I was sneaking out of and back into the neighborhood if I was dressed, or I would get dressed in the car on the way to a support meeting.
My look was mostly androgynous, and I didn't own any makeup.
I didn't even know my name.
Life was topsy-turvy, but I was exuberant.
Here I am after one short year. I'm full-time, my name change is complete, I'm out to the world, I'm seeing magical changes in my body, I've made all kinds of wonderful new friends, I've traveled all over the country as my true self, I'm going for a consultation for hair grafts and FFS tomorrow, and I'm working slowly toward GCS.
The exuberance is mostly gone, replaced with a more quiet contentment. There are still frustrations and occasional depressive times, but life is finally the way it always should have been.
June 24th, 2017
June 15th, 2018
June 19th, 2018
Stephanie Rhapsody Bensinger