Love, Give Us A Chance

I know I have signed off, but before doing that, I have to relate my experience today. I won't go into too much details as the lady in question has agreed to write briefly about her life experiences. As I was walking along Orchard Road - a rare sight you may say - someone grabbed my arm and said she was glad to see me. She turned out to be a trans woman who had written to me some months ago to encourage me to press on. We stopped by the IndoChine cafe for drinks and we had a brief but in-depth discussion. I have never felt much of a connection to local trans women before - that said, I do not have many local trans women contacts - but her story and experiences really touched me, especially when she related how her father used to flog her until she bled, and her grandmother would drag her to a corner and try to soothe her pain away, while consoling, "It's ok to want to be a girl, just be a morally upright girl." That was the turning point for her and she stopped parading at Changi village. Every year, this lady would visit her grandma's grave in Malaysia, and each visit would be particularly poignant because when the latter passed away, this lady's mother refused to let her attend the funeral because of the "state she was in".

If you are a trans woman reading my blog, and if you need the strength to carry on, then think of the one person who was the kindest to you when you were down, and let this person's kindess give you the strength and belief to carry on.

You are good enough now.

You are strong enough now.

You are courageous enough now.

Carry on magnificently and beautifully.

Merry X'mas!

Leona