Category: Along the Journey
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Starting to Plan – my perspective
For me, the important thing was controlling the message until we were ready for everyone to know. This was possibly even more important to me than it was for Brooke. I was fine with people knowing if we told them, but I hated the thought of side conversations and whispers. I didn’t like the idea Read more
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Visualizing the Future
When I look back over the last 18 months one of the challenges, I remember having, had to do with visualizing the future. Brooke was traveling for work, and we were talking on the phone, she had be working through actives in “Queer & Transgender Resilience Workbook”. It had asked her to visualize herself in Read more
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Starting the Plan to Come Out
When the egg cracks (the moment in time when you have realized that your gender needs exploring) and if the transgender person chooses to present their gender, they have a couple of choices: 1. Come out to people fairly early and enjoy the transition as it happens publicly or 2. Come out later after you Read more
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First Family Vacation From My Perspective
When I think about our family vacation a couple of months before I came out, I think about the amazing firsts and the wonderful sights and experiences. But I also think about the trials that our marriage went through. We put ourselves in an awkward position at a time when I was in transition limbo. Read more
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First Family Vacation after Brooklyn Started to Transition
The first family trip we took after Brooklyn started transitioning was in June 2023. This was 10 months after she told me she was experiencing gender dysphoria. Our oldest son was graduating from high school, and we decided to celebrate by visiting Rome and taking a cruise of the Mediterranean. We had never been overseas Read more