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Category Archives: Gratitude
Until One is Committed
This is from a Facebook post I posted 2 years ago today, December 30, 2014. I am practiced in setting intentions with no idea how they will be accomplished. It requires raising my level of consciousness to put the challenge … Continue reading
Posted in Gratitude, Providence, The Road to Bangkok
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The Pearl of Great Price
While I was raised but no longer profess to be a Christian, I still find in the Christian scriptures many lessons which apply to modern life, in particular, mt own. One such passage was brought to mind as I read of the angst of another … Continue reading
Sentenced For A Crime I Did Not Commit
As I begin my fourth year since I came out and began my transition, now complete, it has become harder to remember how it once felt living trapped in a male body with which I no longer identified. All the pain and anguish I … Continue reading
Posted in Gratitude, Post=op, Transgender
Tagged gender reassignment surgery, shadow, transition
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Deanna Joy’s Serenity Prayer
To the Infinite Innate Intelligence within me, that some may call God, I am both willing and able to surrender my will and ego to your care, one day at a time. Thank you for granting me the wisdom and … Continue reading
“It Just Comes With the Territory”
You might be asking yourself when I will be coming up for air and take a break from blogging. Already I have posted eight times in half as many days . Tomorrow is the 4th of July holiday and you … Continue reading
An Open Letter to All Who Dream of the Impossible
The following letter is one I wrote which started out as a reply to a comment made by a reader who responded to my last post, “Free at Last, Free at last…” While it is addressed to her, I offer it as … Continue reading
“Free At Last, Free At Last…”
I believe few if any people can begin to fathom just how joyful and grateful I am to be alive and healthy these days. As we approach the 4th of July this week, you may have noticed many posts with … Continue reading
My Own Declaration of Independence
A response to my post “A Word or Three About Independence Day” got me to thinking about the true meaning of freedom to me. The following is my own Declaration of Independence.” We cannot wait until someone gets in power … Continue reading
Taking the Wind Out the Sails When It’s Blowing Us Off Course
I have been noticing lately that there are a lot of well-meaning folks out there purporting to be trans-allies and trans-advocates who seem to not be doing those of us who are transgender a favor, but rather making it more … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Feminism, Global shift, Gratitude, Shift Happens, Taking charge, Transgender
Tagged choice, feminism, integrity, transgender
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Vulnerability and Mindfulness
Last evening I went to our Santa Fe town plaza ,probably the oldest in post Columbian America still in use after more than four centuries. Every summer, many evenings there is live music from a bandstand recently rebuilt on the Plaza and last night … Continue reading
Posted in Gratitude, Memories, passages
Tagged bras, gender, girl, memory, sexual arousal
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A Spy in the Enemy Camp 