Dear Readers, Friends, or even Family.
This has been a very long time coming and has been put off since the passing of my mother.
With that being said, there is something personal about me that I wanted to share with you (reader). This has been something I have been carrying inside for many years and I am finally ready to share this with you.
So here it is: I am transgender, my gender identify is female.
This may come as a big surprise, but I hope you can still trust me in my identity and the decision to finally come out.
I am not looking for acceptance as it would be nice, but I have spent my whole live not being accepted from anyone and I have been supporting myself since I was very young so having the support is great but not expected. In spite of the challenges you might expect navigating this, I am happier, internally more at peace, and fully present and optimistic in a way I have not been before.
There comes to a time in my life that I am both emotionally and mentally very tired, because life is one crazy adventure, but when you are being brutally hit with traumatic experiences in over a course of 30+ years most you can say is “please stop, I beg of you”. In a nut shell, from cancer, shady business partners, to even bad people in general that I put my trust into while letting my guard down to take on even more punishment.
I am happy to at least finally introduce you to me the real me.
Sincerely,
Brandy “The Wondering Raven” Smith.