Sam being keen to move on in his new life was in a hurry – like most pre teens, the world just wasn’t spinning fast enough from one day to the next for him. He wanted it all now, and we couldn’t do it fast enough. Obviously when the wheels move slowly and everyone’s feeling […]

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Let’s talk about Sam – since he’s the reason we’re here PRE-SAM Samantha was born in early August 2006, a whopping 10lbs! Beautiful little face and big green eyes – we said she looked like an owl, always taking in everything around her Samantha has always been extremely advanced – she was able to communicate […]

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After the school had provided so much for Samantha, the name left her hanging. This took time – evidently Sam/Samantha isn’t her real name, the real name is far removed from the name we gave her at birth. This was a process – we had moved forward, male clothes, male haircut, male pronouns but I […]

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Now that Samantha had finally been able to tell us what was happening for her – we kicked our supportive parenting up a notch because let’s face it, this child was going to face a number of challenges soon. We needed to build an inner circle – a place with high walls and mama bear […]

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I’ve decided to delve into the world of blogging for a number of reasons, 1. A live journal of our experiences raising a transgender child 2. To help other parents with resources and insight to how other parents might be feeling 3. To look back on later – a reminder of how far we’ve come […]

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