Happy Birthday To Me

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Today, 22nd June 2008, is my birthday - I am SIX years old.

It is, of course, my official birthday, the one on the document that started the paper chase known as transition.

While I celebrate my joy at finally achieving my goal, I am mindful of two things.

I firstly remember that I didn't have the courage to do all this much earlier, thereby saving certain other people from a lot of pain and disappointment;

Secondly, I hold in my heart all those who, for whatever reason, are unable and will never be able to be their true selves except in the deepest recesses of their minds.

May you all be truly blessed as I am blessed.

Susie

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Happy Birthday

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kristina l s's picture

Six huh. Now there's a question I guess I'm nearly Nine or that's the truer in one sense, or maybe nearly Sixteen or ultimately nearly Thirty Eight. Sort of depends how and where you count from. Still... have some nice gooey too rich cake and enjoy. Happy Sixth.

Kristina

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I must be an older sister, in three weeks mine is 22 years! Obviously the warmer weather makes us do these mad things!

Angharad

Angharad

Happy Courage Day

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I wonder what day you count from.
There are so many one could take as the starting day.

  • Your "normal" birthday. (I'm 33 for that.)
  • Your first self realization. (I would be early to mid 20s for that I guess.)
  • Your first outing to some one. (That would make me about 13 I guess.)
  • Your first visit to a health professional about those issues. (12 for me)
  • Your first first major step to becoming yourself. (That makes me 5.)
  • Your first self acceptance. (I'd be 5 if thats where one should start to count.)
  • Your start with HRT. (That too would make me 4.)
  • Your first time of being seen as the real you even while still dressed the "wrong" gender. (Also 4 or 5 for me.)
  • Your start of living full time as your true self. (That makes me 4.)
  • Your application for the name change. (... makes 3.)
  • Having the name change granted. (Now I'm just 2.)
  • Having at least the first part of SRS (if you do it in 2 OPs). (I'm just 5 months that way.)
  • Having had SRS finished and/or the legal sex change granted. (That makes me still and unborn girl.)

My mom gave me a birthday card for the birthday after the name change was granted that read: "...for your first Holly-birthday..." ;)

Then I still kinda feel like 15, look like 25 and am 33 if you ask my brith cert.
That accounts for a lot of celebrations. Maybe we should just celebrate every single day.

What every date you choose for your second birthday all the best from me. May you be and stay one of the happiest people on this world.

Let me end with a poem by E. E. Cummings:

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

Happy Courage Day!!! :)

hugs

Holly

To be nobody but yourself in a world that's doing its best to make you somebody else,
is to fight the hardest battle you are ever going to fight.
Never stop fighting!

E. E. Cummings

Friendship is like glass,
once broken it can be mented,
but there will always be a crack.

Many Happy Returns of the Day

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to you!

Myself, let's see... I'm approximately:

    7 weeks from being 33 years old if you count from the day I gave my first scream of protest.
    17 weeks from being 27 years old if you count from the day I first realized and wrapped my brain around the fact that I am a girl and not a boy.
    13 weeks from being 21 years old if you count from the day my body forced the issue that it is a reality that I am a girl/woman.
    11 weeks from, being 14 years old if you count from the day I left home and decided to be me as much as was possible.
    23 weeks from being 13 years old if you count from the day that I made the decision that I was going to be full time whether my employer liked it or not.

Birthdays and Re-Birthdays

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Gee, I'm so glad that someone can remember all those numbers. If I were to try to do that, I would get so confused I might have a complete mental, for lack of better words, fart. My time has passed so quickly that it seems like it was just yesterday that I attended Dr. Meltzer's Finishing School for Girls. But in reality, it was 13 years ago on the 26th of May. I am now officially a teenager again. And to think, I was through with my teen years 29 years ago. 16 years ago I decided that I was sick to death of living a lie and it was the decision of either live or die. You can guess which one I took. So anyone who is out there celebrating a Re-Birthday this year, congratulations to you and hope many more come your way.

Goldie

Born Intersexed

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Having been born intersexed I can state that my age is the same as my chronological age. Its always been interesting to see 12 steppers call it their belly-button birthday and their sobriety birthday. I seem to just be satisfied with my real birthday
Since the onset of a Prozac life I am not ready to get back on a roller coaster. Remembering my natural birthday is good enough for me.
I have just begun to get back into society and be sociable. I have a dat om 11 July with guy who knows I am intersexed. He has been asking me out for two years, I finally said yes.
So If you are wondering why Iam am not writing. I am putting my lost life together.

Jill Micayla
May you have a wonderful today and a better tomorrow

Jill Micayla
Be kinder than necessary,Because everyone you meet
Is fighting some kind of battle.

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