URNotAlone

Kathy's Update

March 25th, 2008 8:29 pm MDT

Hello Everybody!
My writing here has been rather quiet of late (ah-hem), but my life has not.  Just wanted to give you all an update of my incredibly interesting life (ok just a tad bit of an overstatement, hm?).  
Last month a dear friend came up from Florida to visit, and I got together with several others from the area, and had a very good time talking, shopping, eating out, going to clubs.  It was truly one of those things that is way more important as a life marker, to me, than it may sound when simply described in these words.  It helped tell me a few things about myself.  Well, more like confirm things rather than new revelations, actually. The kind of insights that you dear friends and readers of URNA would probably guess and know anyway without my going into too much repetitive detail. 
And then.... I went to a therapist for the first time in my life!  I was quite nervous.  Well, to be honest, it was a bit of a disappointment.  It was mostly an informational interview style thing, and at the end the therapist admitted she was not qualified to deal with me.  It was a little amusing though, to get flashes of a bit of that "deer in the headlights" look from her as I described my life and issues with her.  Oh well, it was a learning experience, and I am looking around now for a real, local, qualified therapist specializing in gender identity issues.  
I am growing and learning and still striving to realize that it is ok for me to "follow my happiness" in a real way.   I just want to say hello to everyone, and wish you all well and let you know that I feel a great affection for all here.  
~huggs~
Kathy