Late Bloomer

[Guest Kenna Dixon]

Recently, I was revising and updating my transgender autobiography, and I came to realize that it's the only thing I've done in my life that may have helped a significant number of people.

I'm by nature a private person. My only foray into public life was the 12 years I spent in radio as a DJ and then as a writer and producer of commercials and morning show comedy, but whatever effect that had was superficial and short-lived. And it revealed nothing of the real me.

Writing the book was a significant personal catharsis, and it was done without expectation that it would be of much interest to anyone.

Four years later, I see that it's been downloaded about 3000 times from Amazon.com alone - mostly in the United States and the United Kingdom but also in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, The Netherlands, Mexico and Japan.

I think this is illustrative of the fact that we never know where destiny will take us. I lived 71 years before I could tell my story, and the aspect of my persona that I kept a closely-guarded secret for so long turned out to be the one that's provided the most benefit to others.

[Charlize]

Thank you for sharing dear.  It is interesting when our deepest secrets become the best tool we have to help others.  

 

Hugs,

 

Charlize 

[Jani]

Thank you!  I read your book early in my journey and it was comforting to know the feelings I had (as an older person) were normal and OK.  It certainly helped me. 

Jani

[SugarMagnolia]

I'm so glad you posted this, Kenna! I've been meaning to tell you how much I enjoyed reading (and re-reading even) your book.

You're story was very comforting for me and I loved your sense of humor and wiring style.

Thanks for putting yourself out there. It's definitely helped me. ?

- Julie