I'm coming up on 32 months living instead of existing, i.e. living as a woman. I went shopping with my mom today, and she told me I looked really pretty! She tells me something like that at least a few times a week, and the fact that we're finally mother and daughter is the second best thing about having transitioned. I know she honestly looks at me as her daughter and realizes that this was the way it was supposed to be is the most satisfying feeling I've ever had besides knowing it myself and finally living that truth. I have a great deal of physical pain I have to deal with by the minute, hour, or at the least, daily, but every single day I find joy in just waking up and realizing that I have a new day to live and not exist. Hugs, Mira