Tell a story about one of the times you were really happy.

Talking to my grandmother the first time, i was at a funeral for my uncle, my mom took me there and i met my grandmother for the first time when my mom had finally stoped glaring. We had talked for a few hours and got along well, sadly my mom flipped her off before we left but it was still all in all good

I am glad you got to meet your grandmother.  I hope that becomes a more frequent occurrence.

It is hard to say when I have been truly happy.  But I have happy moments.  Perhaps the most recent was when a missing friend, someone who I love and admire, suddenly reappeared in my life.  It was like a dream come true.

It seems that sometimes we don't recognize what is important in life, until we lose it (or them).

I remember my Grandma, she was known as Nin, I think it was an Irish thing.

A long time ago, she looked after us when we lived in the Bullring close to the Docks in Liverpool.

When have I been truly happy?

Lots of times.

Today I had a big buzzzz.

I still have the smile on my face, Nin I think would smile. She liked to help people.

Wow this made me really think and reflect on things. When was the last time I really felt happy before? Looking back over the last decade I'm actually having trouble thinking of any happy events that happened in my life. What has made me the happiest I've been? Everything that has been happening to me over the past few weeks with me starting the process to begin my journey to being the real me. I can say I really do feel happy right now Really this is the first time in years and years that I've had a genuine real smile on my face that is from me and for me and not a smile I had to force out to just appease someone else.

I believe one top three times I've been happy was when i found this site.

I was on a RPing site and talking to a friend, we had known each other for a few months but he never asked my gender till then, i responded "I'd rather not say..." And to my surprise he nailed it first try "you a girl in a male aren't you?" And that led to him telling me about his other friend who was a trans like me, first one i have met, and me and the friend talking for a while and eventually referring me to here for when i needed help she couldn't give. That night i almost had a panic attack cause of how much i learned and how happy i was.

With all the bad stuff I have had to endure in my life, I have to say right now is the happiest I can ever recall.

I have only recently started E and can feel it in my body slowly soaking in and it feels wonderfully relaxing compared to the feeling before.
This is making me feel so happy in a way words can't describe.

Why did I wait so long if it feels like this?

J

I know what you mean about the "E" Jenny!

The happiest Day for me was when I found this forum and realized I have honest, caring support from so many people. My family put me out, but then I found this family and blossomed. I could not have started transition without all of you here, all of my new brothers and sisters. I want to acknowledge my new little sister and BFF, Gina Taylor. I would be a wreck if we didn't talk every day. Thanks for being there "G". To every one else, thank you for the advice, caring and the total fun of BANNING, it makes a difference.

Quote from: Jenny07 on October 07, 2013, 01:57:23 AM
With all the bad stuff I have had to endure in my life, I have to say right now is the happiest I can ever recall.

I have only recently started E and can feel it in my body slowly soaking in and it feels wonderfully relaxing compared to the feeling before.
This is making me feel so happy in a way words can't describe.

Why did I wait so long if it feels like this?

Ditto, although with T instead of E.

I, too, waited too darn long to do this. I wish I'd done it back in 1990 when I realised it would be the right thing for me. I'm the happiest I've been in many years, despite the fact that my family are making every single day a trial for me.

Hmm family, such a dirty word here that holds so many of us back for years.
Lucky, I don't stay close to what is left after all I've been through.

I'm with you about 1990. I wish I had the courage and support back then I have had in the past 6 weeks.
Yes that's how long it took. Still shocked but so happy.

J

After serious consideration I would have to say that the happiest I have ever been was a long time ago in the year or so following SRS (1974).

I had achieved the impossible dream. It cost me everything I ever had (money, family, friends, etc.) but I was ALIVE and I was free! I wasn't interested in any kind of relationship, I was pretty wild (I practised "catch and release" LOL!), I had started my life over in a new place, with a new job, and was just exploring my new life and experiencing everything I could experience. I was naive and optimistic.

My first marriage pretty much extinguished the optimism and naivety and the thirty-odd years since then have never had the sparkle of those first few years ...... welcome to "real life" 

I have two.
One was when I left my parents' house for good. I was sad and scared at first, but I soon felt the freest I had felt in a long time (if ever). I no longer had to be afraid all the time. I was in control of my own life. Being the master of my own fate was (and still is) a fantastic feeling.
Another is an ongoing thing. About a couple years ago, I figured out who I really am (not just gender although I figure that out as well) and realized that I really like myself. I think I'm friggin awesome! Ever since then, on days when I feel like I've been true to myself, I feel powerful and like the world is mine.

The happiest I have been was when.... that is hard. I would it was about 5 days after I had srs done. It hit me i am now  the way that I should have been all of my life.