Hi Everyone
There is no way that one can runaway from our biological sex or what ever our gender is or is not going to be. My past was a happy one and there is nothing out of the ordinary, my father was a general labourer and provided for the family and mum was a housewife that raised us four children. We basically wanted for nothing, food, clothing, a roof over our heads, school and some presents along the way. Life was basic.
Our father died when he was 40, he was a sick man (two cerebral haemorrhages, he was lucky he survived those). So mum took up the reigns and continued to provide for her children. I completed high school at boarding school and my brothers left school early. They got jobs and they continued with their lives getting married and having children.
Me, I got a certificate in Civil Engineering and I worked for the next 10 years and of course you all know what happened at the end of those 10 years? That's right I changed my life around. During those 10 years, I was a competitive swimmer, an Australian national gold and bronze medallist winner, I scuba dived, I flew gliders and I parachuted out of aeroplanes. I was also a swimming coach that taught and trained national swimmers.
So all in all my childhood and the early stages of my adulthood were normal. My past is an open book and it is the foundation of who I have become. There is nothing to regret and I totally accept and embrace it whole heartedly. The only difference in my case during those years all I wanted or longed to be was a female and one other thing. I wanted to go to university and during those 10 years it was not possible where I was.
I know, I did not like my picture being taken and funny enough I like photography, so there was not many photos of me being taken of me at that time. If I did see any photos of me I destroyed them, so there is not many of them left. I cannot recall if it was because of me that I knew that I wanted to be a female and did not want any photos of my previous self or I did it sub consciously to protect myself in the future. There are a few exceptions and I will not delete or destroy them.
There are no ID's or documents that exist before I changed my life around. They are lost in the sands of time and good luck to anyone who wants to try and dig those up.
Danielle says it eloquently (paraphrasing) that; "our past is our past and we would not be where we are today, without it".
So my past will always be a part of me and I embrace it whole heartedly.
Love and Hugs
Sarah B
Official Greeter