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  1. It seems like nothing good ever happens without something bad to offset it.

    So I'm happier than a pig in s--t, with my RLT starting next Tuesday and the book signing on the 31st, when, out of nowhere, I get word that Mom is in hospital with pneumonia. She's just been through an amputation of her left leg, now this. ...

    - 2008/05/21 - 8:12pm - 13 comments

  2. The time has come to say goodbye to my little buddy,

    quicker than I thought it would. In about an hour, we will be on our way to the Vets so he can be put out of his misery. I appreciate all the wonderful, caring responses I've received over the last day or so, to my blog entry. Please don't feel ...

    - 2008/05/22 - 11:52am - 8 comments

  3. Random thoughts...at 5 0'clock in the morning.

    5:22 in the AM, and I can't sleep...well, not much anyway. Too many things running into one another in my mind. Nobody to sleep with anyway. Used to have a cat, but I let him down and had to have him put to sleep. ...

    - 2008/05/23 - 4:23am - 3 comments

  4. The first day of the rest of my life, OR, The first day of my Real Life Test.

    Today was the first day of my Real life Test...officially, that is. Unofficially I began on Sunday, spending the whole day and the following Monday, Memorial Day, as my real self. ...

    - 2008/05/27 - 6:36pm - 9 comments

  5. Today will be a busy, stressful day, but hopefully, fun too.

    Well, today at 9:30 A.M. I go on the air with one of our local radio station, live, for an interview about the book, the signing, and my being TG. Am I nervous? You bet your bippy I am! Then, as if that isn't stressful enough, at Noon I go to the Cha ...

    - 2008/05/30 - 5:59am - 7 comments

  6. As I said. I get nothing good without something bad to counter it.

    After a day of days for me, a day in which I affirmed my femininity and my writing. After a day filled with interviews with Radio, Television, and Newspaper, a little while ago I got word that Mom is back in the hospital with what appears to be a major st ...

    - 2008/05/30 - 3:42pm - 12 comments

  7. Well, the interviews went okay, but the signing was a bit disappointing.

    The radio spot went off with nary a hitch. The interviewers asked insightful and intelligent questions, and never once strayed from that format. I think I got at least some of our message out, as well as promoting our stories and writers. ...

    - 2008/05/31 - 9:13pm - 6 comments

  8. Mom is not expected to live out the day.

    I received a call from my sister this morning, telling me that Mom is under heavy sedation, and slowly fading. Apparently there is nothing more they can do for her, except to make her last hours peaceful. ...

    - 2008/06/01 - 11:13am - 17 comments

  9. Mom passed away last night at about 11:50 PM.

    According to my sister, who called me at 11:55PM. She assured me that Mom was at peace and in no pain, with her family around her. While I feel very sad right now, I also feel relieved that I didn't try to force my 'new self' on my family m ...

    - 2008/06/02 - 4:42am - 17 comments

  10. Well, I've made it through the first week of my RLT.

    though not without incident. A couple of really bad things, about which I have already blogged, marred what was, otherwise, a dream for me. I am slowly coming to grips with the passing of my Mom, and I will be okay. My heartfelt thanks go out to everyone ...

    - 2008/06/03 - 9:25pm - 4 comments

  11. 9 Days into my RLT. So far, so good.

    Over the past 9 days, I've done things I never even dreamed I would. I've been in countless situations where something could have gone wrong, or someone could have made a comment that could have caused trouble, but none of those situations have ...

    - 2008/06/05 - 9:40am - 3 comments

  12. In Memorium For KimEm

    I didn't write the following. The words were written by Becky Hobbs, and the song was sung by Alabama. There's a youtube video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9txzREaNO4 "I was walking home from school on a cold winter day. Took a short ...

    - 2008/06/13 - 6:59pm - 4 comments

  13. This will probably make me unpopular, but...

    This will probably make me unpopular, but...I don't like drabbles! If I'm gonna click on a story, I want a STORY...not a short article. Sorry. That's the way I feel. Does it take talent to do drabble? Of COURSE! It also takes talent to do R ...

    - 2008/06/20 - 10:43am - 13 comments

  14. A momentous evening.

    This night, Sunday the 22nd of June, 2008, will live forever in my memory as the night a 25 year friend finally decided to try to accept me as Cathy. ...

    - 2008/06/22 - 9:13pm - 3 comments

  15. Subject: NEWS- Congress' 1st hearing on Gender Identity (June 27, 2008)

    Subject: NEWS- Congress' 1st hearing on Gender Identity (June 27, 2008) Gender Identity Discrimination in the Workplace gets First Hearing in Congress Huffington Post http://www.huffingt onpost.com/ joe-solmonese/ gender-identity- discrimin_ b_109352 ...

    - 2008/06/28 - 9:28am - 5 comments

  16. Need advice / thoughts / views / whatever ASAP

    I have to meet with the lawyer Thursday the 17th to settle Mom's will. I am in the second month of my RLT. BOTH my sisters will also have to be there, and they are religiously dead set against me being myself, that is to say, Cathy. ...

    - 2008/07/14 - 5:05pm - 27 comments

  17. Thank You, to everyone who responded. My decision is made.

    The meeting has been moved up to Wednesday at 11AM, and Cathy is going to be there in all her glory. It IS time my sisters learned that this is not a whim, or something I thought would be cool to do for awhile. Cathy is who I am, Cathy is who I'm, go ...

    - 2008/07/15 - 4:22pm - 6 comments

  18. An update on my blog post: "Need advice,etc."

    As promised, here's the update on my meeting with my sisters and the lawyer. My housemate went with me and stayed right with me through the whole meeting. When we walked in, early, by the way, my sisters were already there, with one of my nieces. Non ...

    - 2008/07/16 - 12:35pm - 5 comments

  19. The World Professional Association For Transgenger Health

    Author:  Catherine Linda Michel Catherine Linda Michel's blog Taxonomy upgrade extras:  General Audience (pg) has released a new statement concerning the medical necessity of TS surgeries and patients mental and physical health. http://www.wpath.org/ ...

    - 2008/07/20 - 11:28am - 1 comment

  20. Real Life Test +2 months.

    I know I promised to keep you all updated on my progress in my RLT, but so much has happened in just the preceding two months that I just haven't been able to keep up with it all! ...

    - 2008/07/29 - 11:43pm - 5 comments

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