To Boldy Go...

Yeah, I'm pretty happy. I got out for my first exercise in a week today. Beth and I walked for about an hour along Trindad's river walk. Blue sky, seventy, windy. A nice day. I hope the world is ready for me 'cause this is about as good as its going to get. I am now complete and ready to start my new life (with, of course, my old friends). It would be so easy now...abandon all that I knew or was and start over; just be a woman with no past, only a future. And yet, its that past that made me the person I am today. I cannot abandon that. I have been very lucky in the way things have worked out. (I'll bet all of my karma points got cashed in this week. )

So, what's ahead of me? I'm sure there'll be more hassels to deal with. As in the past, I'll get through them. But I also see this as an incredible opportunity. I feel more committed now than ever to find ways to help people deal with transgendered issues and to help educate the public at large. My community (county, really) is badly in need of a place to go, someone with whom to speak and ask questions about trans issues.

I hope I can be the trans-activist this area needs. I hope to be able to speak to groups that are willing to learn, to help individuals who are afraid to face themselves, to set an example to the world that people who are trans are like anyone else and can contribute positively to society. Sure, all of these dreams might go up in a puff of smoke. But If I can help just one person or plant just one seed, it'll be worth it. My life was saved by other members of the transgender community. Whether in my neighborhood or on line, I owe it to them to give back what I took. I need to do this for me. I need to do this for them. I need to do this for you.

But don't worry. I still plan on enjoying my new life and having a bit....no A LOT ... of fun, too. There's too much left in this world to do and experience to stop now. So, look out world; Jody's here...and she means business.