Our Eyes   I'm a girl inside of me— only half what you don't see.

I need try this my hair grows but curls up so much the length never looks different.

I use a lotion for my curly and unruly hair that I make myself. I mix it in a squirt bottle. I use, in Davie's Hair lotion treatment: • Use 2 parts non-oily moisturizer • Add 1/2 part ACV, apple cider vinegar   • Add 2 tablespoons of Epsom salts, magnesium sulfate • Add 2 parts water • Add a scent like an essential oil if you like.      Shake well before applying to damp hair, work it in, then style it as it dries. You can also squirt some into hair and restyle it any time.   Good for thin or thinning hair for seniors to give body and some curl to it. The water and weightless silicone-free products are the perfect romance for curly hair.

I also use biotin infused hair oil and a bit of leave in conditioner. It sure eliminates the frizzies. 

Well then they must not understand the True meaning of Love.  It's unconditional.  If there are 'conditions' it's not Love. @missyjo I've gone through similar with some of my family members, BUT, regardless of how they react, accept or not, there was always a silver lining -- LIBERATION from the chains of secrecy and hiding and the ability to live as our True Self --- not everybody will accept us in our Journey but why should we live a cloistered life just because of others?  Now you can move forward (and in girl-mode!) I trust some (and hopefully ALL) of your family will eventually realize how much happier and complete you are as a human being and as a valued family member.  If so, then they will come around. Deep breaths ...

Understand @AllieJ.  No worries.  Thank you for the explanation

Celtics win championship. Beautiful!

Is it argan or mortician oil?  I use that often😊

What a great feeling. Happy for you you found a new product you like so much and which brings you joy :D

A lot of stuff. Exactly so: Accept. Learn. Move on. Create anew.

No better words to see written here... blessings to you!

Mostly, I've been in the same boat. Work called me Mike, that's over now. I still have some friends out there that I haven't socialized my chosen name and they do the same. That said, last night I went to a small party at a friend's house fully in myself and when asked if I go by a new name I said yes and gave it to them. No one batted an eye and referred to me as such the whole time. It was such a lovely evening being me.

I have two kiddos, both AFAB. My eldest has since come out as trans. When he had come out to us the first time, it was years ago via a letter he'd written and left out conspicuously. We probably didn't do the best, but I kept an open mind and told him to be who they are and do so without putting himself in a box. He'd not expressed any masculine tendencies, from dress to desires, then or after so we thought it may have been a "friend group thing" until much later.   It was harder to reconcile when I operated as a cis father, I didn't know anything and I didn't have the language or comprehension to understand what being trans or a parent of a trans kid even meant. Our gender journeys weren't exactly timed the same, but over the last year we've both come out officially in one way or another. I'd been coming to terms with me over the past few years quietly and over the past year it's been an explosion of learning, so I no longer struggle with the concept--even though my mouth will engage without the brain sometimes, misgendering/naming him. So, I still slip and I'm in the same boat as him! It's amazing how much we let the subprocesses in our brains get us through life and how often it causes grief.   As for @missyjo, keep going! Every day is a new one and another they come around. If not, it's day you get to be you and learn how to live the life you want and need to.

Hmmm.... maybe send her this one?      At least from what I've seen, it seems like the majority of women are somewhat "flexible" when it comes to relationships and sex, so "I'm not a lesbian" could be a convenient excuse rather than the whole truth. 

The sharing of the offerings as actual food and sustenance for the immediate family and for all of the others impresses me and I feel admiration for the custom involved here.  To me the 2/3's for others concept shows a side of Islamic beliefs that we do not hear about often enough. 

Well so much to catch up on. I have met the woman I love a lot! We met at trans women that love transwomen n. We have been talking for almost 2 weeks and things have moved fast but I'm not scared. Last night we had a conversation on when she would be able to move in. We will be living together in September of this year. I just need to save up to start the official divorce process. The time has finally come to when I can apply. My girlfriend's name is Camilia. We have at times have talked three times a day. I'm looking forward to spending the rest of my life with her. We have hit off amazing. We have already been planning our life together. She is going to help me with the surgeries that I will get. I think about her all the time. She has accepted me for me and I have told her everything. Maybe she'll join us on the forum Well I'm not telling all the details but I wanted to talk about her.

Congrats! I know you feel amazing. I have just gotten used to being deadnamed. 

world sit tea zen   coffee doesn't grow on trees, but bananas do

I hope it was a great time!   :HUGS:     It ended with a small non-holiday get together and started with me reffing and getting wicked tan lines. In between we were working toward our move and met with a realtor. It was a busy as heck Sunday.