Congratulations! What a great reaction! Must be a massive relief for you.

I'm letting my sister know all the praising comments about her that come through.  She really is a great person, and I know how lucky I am to have her.  Not everybody has this kind of outcome.  I'm still pinching myself and giddy.  My coworkers think I'm just a happy weirdo right now, which is also true:)

A happy day that I will remember all my life.

Bari Jo

That's great! Congrats.


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Just caught up on this. You got me crying this morning. So happy for you Bari Jo! It reminds me  of when I told my brother. I suspect your relationship will be fantastic now that she knows your  truth. Yea!
Moni

You're in Japan so it's time for a Haiku.


Bari Jo pierced ears
sister starting to wonder
interesting project

electrologist
tell them but wrong phone number
holy smoke what now

time to tell her sis
she has another sister
go find the letter

time now standing still
waiting for her to answer
heart beat goes thump thump

unconditional
understanding and support
even used new name

complimented looks
sister admire sister
edgy and classy

now we really know
Bari Jo without doubt has
best sister in world

Ima, Nippon ni iru ka?! Dou desu? O-tanoshii de ru ka?

(If I screwed up conjugation, it's been a while. )

You are totally lucky you have a sister to share this with. She can help you with clothes and makeup, she can go shopping with you, you can do spa day with her and you have someone to watch girl movies with. My brother has always been supportive and he does what he can to help me but he's a guy so it's pretty limited what he can do to help with trans issues. I'm envious of you. I would love to have a sister. Not that I wished my brother was a girl instead, I love him dearly,  but it would be totally cool to have a sister as well as a brother. Enjoy your sister. I'm really happy she's supportive.

Congratulations!!

Hah, Kendra.  I didn't expect my sister and I to be immortalized in haiku, but that's cool.  I'll send that to my sister.

Ellie, I'll try and translate.  It's been about 25 years, and my conjugation was always formal.  this is way more conversational so it's difficult for me.  I think you are asking if Im in Japan, and do I enjoy going out.

Hai, Tokyo disunirando de ikimasho ne.  Hai, tanoshii de iru ne.

Mine is a bit rusty, too:)

Julia, I really hope we do all those things together.  I will see her for a week each month for the foreseeable future, and I hope that we enjoy typical things that only sisters enjoy together:)  still though we are both lucky with an incredible fortune of support!

Moni, yes, I hope so!

Bari Jo

Bari Jo, you are indeed fortunate to have a sister like her but then I hear her new sister is pretty awesome also.