My Journal in Review

[prtyldy]

I was reading over previous entries today and marveling at the differences in my relationship between then and now... I almost feel like it would make an interesting book for other partners to read. It shows a real shift in my thinking, and has a roller-coaster-like progression. It starts with big highs and big lows, and gradually levels out for

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funny thing about that...

[outofsynch]

I don't know if you know it, but a while back I got this idea to write a book. I was thinking of doing in a journal style, kind of like "Dear M. Crenshaw", and I wanted to do it about my relationship with my girl.

I think it would be cool to do it with other people (maybe two or three) as well. Do something like "Loose Change" in a way.
Just tracking our lives and our thoughts, fears, hopes, and joys through this whole process.

I wanted to try and make it a book about the love and the relationships and have the transitioning just be one of the common threads that ties the main narrators together, that way it might be more marketable to the public.

I don't know. It just occured to me that there might be a place for this both in helping people who know those who are transitioning, and helping with public awareness of what fears, difficulties and challenges lie out there. because I know that the trouble facing my girl effect me in ways I never expected to. I care about things I never thought would matter to me. I figure it's probably the same for you, you know?

what do you think?

Re: funny thing about that...

[prtyldy]

Yeah, that pretty much exactly what I was thinking.

I wouldnt say that I have become a DIFFERENT person through my experiences with Anna and the transgender community, but I have certainly learned many things I might never have otherwise known. I think one of the biggest deals for me is that, while I have always championed for equal rights for everyone, I really did not realize that this particular minority group existed, and faces all the troubles, if not more, that every other minority group faces. I guess that was ignorant of me... and now I have learned to face the fact that even an educated, intelligent, open-minded person can be blind to the troubles of others. It makes me wonder what else I have missed, and now I try to be more proactive...

But yes, I think it would be great if such a book existed and was mainstream enough to open more eyes... while also providing much needed perspective for those in similar situations.