A Surprising Week - Coming Out to a Friends Young Daughter and a Job Offer
What an amazing past few days..... It was without my looking for one, that just this past week, I was offered a job as my true self, as Christen. Although my life is not at a point to undertake such a realm at this juncture, perhaps one day it will. I find it so reassuring that there are many who believe in who I am, perhaps more so than I ever have felt I believed could be within myself. It was also in this past weekend that I was able to have the the opportunity to come forward as my true self to the family of a very close friend. I will admit, that I was terrified as to how their 11 year old daughter would respond to me..... this, a girl who who does not know the meaning of the word transgender nor that I am. This, a girl who I am told does not often warm up to others she has known for years, found a special place cuddling next to me on the couch in the span of a few hours. I was terrified that she would not understand, when, on the very ne