tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6724988320872415899.post6127029506020009878..comments2023-08-19T07:31:00.724-04:00Comments on The Woman Within: The CrossroadsChristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06095009678153723490noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6724988320872415899.post-58633853232843530232012-03-15T00:58:31.426-04:002012-03-15T00:58:31.426-04:00Christen, this is fabulous and I enjoyed reading y...Christen, this is fabulous and I enjoyed reading your post here on your blog, the best yet of many blogs I see and I look forward to talking soon with you. I'm so happy you have a wife that supports and loves you, I wish we all had that luck in life. If you have a Facebook it would be an honor to have you as a friend so if you do have an FB look up "Lorraine Goetsch"<br />Blessings to the two of you.<br />Equality in Fashions<br />Lorraine GoetschMargueritte L. Goetschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03652532277466399859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6724988320872415899.post-43206020410659392162012-01-16T06:24:17.052-05:002012-01-16T06:24:17.052-05:00We all do the best we can with all that is dealt u...We all do the best we can with all that is dealt unto us.<br /><br />When a dearly devout and loved one enters our life and the mix we are, our resolve must include them, their respect and their willingness to understand. When this is evident and they do compromise it's quite simple. You make the life you choose by the experience and influences you have been presented and your willingness to question each to it's validity. Often times life chooses things you do not expect.. An others love for you, an others intolerance. One should always live to love of others and it is there that you will find the love in yourself.<br /><br />Honesty in ones persona is key, and to be honest you must never ignore the question; What is it that you want? Answer this honestly, live life in a manner that will garner it for you, and it is there and then that you will find peace and harmony. It's a quest I have have been on for some time. It's never ending. But I have only myself to assume, it's responsibility. Miss YouAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6724988320872415899.post-69785168707258259682012-01-13T03:13:06.621-05:002012-01-13T03:13:06.621-05:00and once again in the words of Robert Frost "...and once again in the words of Robert Frost "two road diverged in a wood, and I- i took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference".<br /><br />great inner thoughts we can all relate on some level.<br /><br />over the last year or 2 i too have gotten to the point where i said "i don't want to live in secret anymore. and even though i don't plan on transitioning, but in the last year i have come out to soooo many people in town , family and many friends and have said to them just what i just stated " i can not and will not live in secret anymore. most people have been glad for me and are a bit surprised that i would come out since i am not planning on transitioning. but i was never good at lying, as my face gives me away and in recent years i began to feel that people knew i was hiding something from them and i felt that soon it undermine who i am in the world (a straight forward person without secrets.)<br /><br />suppression only leads to an eruption. eventually even in the mechanical world if one seals off a safety valve on a pressure tank it will eventually explode out in the open anyway. <br /><br />thanks for sharing<br />hugs <br />DianaDiana Nicole Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16319421620972867830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6724988320872415899.post-58933686897508431952012-01-08T19:57:23.204-05:002012-01-08T19:57:23.204-05:00I have read the missive by "anonymous", ...I have read the missive by "anonymous", and found it interesting but wasn't scared away by what was offered. Diana W. posting in "Salad Bingo" calls the moment of "this cannot be denied anymore" the point of "hitting the wall". Bells or walls, it makes no difference, the pain of realization is the same regardless.<br /><br />I hit my wall on the afternoon of February 15th, 2010. I was on my way to a service call, and was driving on a paved road in the country. When it really hit me, I had to pull over and cried for a good 15 minutes or so. During this time I would find myself weeping on the trip to work. Sometimes I had to detour and drive a little more while I composed myself.<br /><br />When I finally reached the point that I had to share with my spouse the totality of what I was dealing with and SRS was a possibility after all, that's when all hell broke loose. Shortly after that I had a complete breakdown. It's taken a while for her to come to the point of acceptance she is at today. While it's been a bit tenuous, I am faithful that when the time comes for me to go full time, and eventually be rolled into surgery if and when that happens, she will be there with me through the journey.<br /><br />"I can't do this anymore..." I know is not an uncommon phrase when we hit our wall. I've said it myself. Recently I was traveling down the same country road and was hit with the irony that almost a year ago, I was going through the deepest depression I ever experienced. The irony was that now I was feeling better about myself and had a clarity of where I was headed. I succumbed to the urge to smile big.<br /><br />I've been smiling big a lot lately.<br /><br />Caio!<br />SarahSarah Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13018597739320720216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6724988320872415899.post-44159322216954134162012-01-08T13:17:15.311-05:002012-01-08T13:17:15.311-05:00My friend Sherri was the inspiration for my writin...My friend Sherri was the inspiration for my writing this entry with her own telling of her journey to this place in time. You may wish to read her entry as well at: http://twoworldstranstherapist.blogspot.com/2012/01/long-and-winding-road-after-bell-goes.htmlChristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06095009678153723490noreply@blogger.com