From the mother of a trans daughter
I wanted to share a few things I’ve learned as the mother of a trans daughter, with the caveat that I’m no expert and am still learning something new everyday.
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A conservative Mother’s unconventional opinion about Boys who Wear Makeup
DISCLAIMER: 4/20/2022 Hey there! It’s been about five years since I wrote Boys Who Wear Makeup and it has made its way around the virtual world. Lots of things have changed during that time. Erik headed off to college and subsequently came out as transgender. Her pronouns have changed as has her happiness. She …
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Erik | Quite Honestly
ERIK I’m not really sure when it first clicked in my head that I was gay. There wasn’t a big “aha” moment where I gasped and the camera zoomed in on me as a musical number about my newfound gaiety started playing. I think I just kind of knew my whole life, but until …
Quite Honestly | Stacy
Challenges can hit us from all directions and levels in life. One challenge I have struggled with over the years is self-confidence. My childhood was filled with the highest of highs and lowest of lows. There were many tumultuous and chaotic experiences I went through that were life altering for me and my family. Through …
Quite Honestly | TIFFANY
Before him I was annoyed by dogs. Simply put, I was not a dog person. It seemed that every one I encountered knew it but tried to convince me otherwise by jumping up on me, sniffing me, licking me or rubbing up against me leaving a trail of hair behind on my clothes. All began to change …
Quite Honestly | JENNIFER
Once upon a time, I fell in love with a house. If you’ve happened upon my blog sometime in the past four years, you might have heard of this little 1905 historic home I’ve been restoring. I named it the #1905cottage. You can read about how I fell in love with the home here. When I bought it, I thought …
Quite Honestly | WENDY (me)
Life is unpredictable. Just when you think you’ve got it all figured out, you realize that you really don’t know much of anything. At least it seems that way at times. I’m a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS), or what most people refer to as a Mormon. I was …
Quite Honestly | KRISTA
One night during finals week one of my daughters, after seeing what I had made for dinner, begged me to take her to Baja Fresh. Yes, of course, I was totally insulted but she had worked really hard that week and I thought she did deserve something nice and perhaps something that wasn’t so Minnesota …
Quite Honestly | JACK
I was born with a rare heart defect called Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. My mom and dad found out about it the day after I was born and were given two options; a series of fairly new surgeries throughout my first three years of life, or to take me home and let me die peacefully. …
Quite Honestly | LINDSAY
I have Alopecia, a super fun (not) condition where my hair falls out on my entire body. I was diagnosed with it at age 5 and 35 years later it’s just a part of my being. There are many challenges that come with this but the most challenging is the insecurity that comes with not …
Quite Honestly | MO
I have Dyslexia. It’s pretty bad and I’ve struggled my whole life with it. I remember sitting with my mother at a parent teacher conference with Sister Martha in 3rd grade and being told that I was “mildly retarded.” I was not correctly diagnosed with Dyslexia until the 2nd quarter of 4th grade. I missed …
Quite Honestly | Anonymous
I read a quote once that said,”Parenting is like looking both ways before you cross the road and then getting hit by an airplane.” In his freshman year of high school we started noticing some unsettling behavior in our oldest son. He had always been happy and easy going, so we thought his new behavior was …