Told my mom an hour ago. It was heartbreaking in that she wanted to know how they had failed as parents. She had a hard time understanding and apologized for her limited ability to grasp something like this. I let her know it was not her fault or anybody's fault. She did tell me that she loved me no matter what; boy or girl. I love her so much and it was so difficult to bring this into her world.

So I am finally done telling the people I care most about in this world. There will be more coming out to other people some time down the line, but the rest could walk away and I know that there are still people in this world who love and care about me.

Good work wish i had the courage to tell my mom i almost faint of stress at the thought

oh didnt notice date when this was posted sorry.

Wouldn't worry Sanli. Knowing melody, she will be really grateful for the response.

Your right Spacial if only because it reminded me of the date I told my mom. Soooo much happened after that. Yes, it was very difficult getting the courage to tell her, but I would soon follow that up with a letter to many of my friends on National Coming Out Day here in the US. That letter is actually posted somewhere here on Susan's too. I started HRT about two weeks later on October 6th and my wife also decided to divorce around the same time. Spent one last holiday season with her and my son and then created the profile pic you see here on Jan 6. Exactly 3 months after starting HRT and a little over five months after joining Susan's.  Soon thereafter I came out to everyone else via Facebook and took down my male profile I had running in tandem on FB with my female profile. On January 16th I moved out of my home in Houston and headed to Florida to live with my mother, which is where I currently am. On January 20th I went full-time after I realized I was passable and on January 24th my divorce was final. On February 10th I visited Houston for the first time as Melody Maia and invited old friends to dinner to celebrate my 40th. None of them came. Finally, last Monday, March 7th, I put in for my legal name change.

I've said this before, but to say that I feel I have been shot out of a rocket would be an understatement.