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A Year From Now

August is here. In a mere twelve days, I will send my firstborn to college.

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imamamabear Parenting Transgender Teen, Uncategorized 3 Comments August 5, 2018February 3, 2019 6 Minutes

From Fear and Denial to Acceptance and Beyond: A Guest Blog Post by Karen Graci — previously posted on PFLAG Charlotte

I'm taking a writing break this week and spending time with family! Please enjoy this post from my friend and fellow PFLAG parent Karen!

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imamamabear Parenting Transgender Teen Leave a comment July 29, 2018February 3, 2019 4 Minutes

We Are Just Like You

I was angry at myself for waiting six months to attend my first PFLAG meeting!

imamamabear Parenting Transgender Teen 4 Comments July 22, 2018February 3, 2019 7 Minutes

Open Letter to the NC DMV

I don’t forgive you for discriminating against my daughter.  

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imamamabear Parenting Transgender Teen 10 Comments July 15, 2018February 3, 2019 7 Minutes

Everybody Hurts

Trigger warning. This post discusses suicide.

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imamamabear Uncategorized 3 Comments July 8, 2018February 3, 2019 4 Minutes

One in a Million

I have a confession to make (old Catholic habits die hard). I don’t have my s*%t together, not at all. My daughter came out to me April 13, 2016. Do you know when I finally felt like I had reached the point of acceptance? October 2017. A full year and a half after she told … Continue reading One in a Million →

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imamamabear Uncategorized 6 Comments July 1, 2018February 3, 2019 6 Minutes

You Learn

When I am unfamiliar with something, I need to find out as much as I can about it.

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imamamabear Uncategorized 3 Comments June 24, 2018February 3, 2019 4 Minutes

Losing My Religion

Each week at church, I would kneel after Communion and repeat the same fervent prayer, “God, please bring my son back to me.” Months came and went, things went further in the opposite direction.

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imamamabear Uncategorized 4 Comments June 17, 2018February 3, 2019 5 Minutes

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