Letter to the mother I haven't spoken to since 2001

[jessica_m1978]

So this won’t really make any sense unless I explain this part up front: I was diagnosed with Gender Identity Disorder and I’ve transitioned and live as a woman.  My legal name is Jessica Morrissey, I’ve been on hormone therapy for about a year, and very few people who know me now know me in any other context.  Maybe I’ll come back to that later.

Comments

[rememberinmagic]

wow. very brave of you...

[jessica_m1978]

To be fair, the last third or so was written all ambien'd up.

[rememberinmagic]

Still brave.

I keep having dreams about my mother, who I also haven't spoken to in years and has no idea about my transition. So yeah, this still hits a little close to home for me.

[wintermira]

wow, it's certainly a different take on the parental letter... I really like how you conveyed your pessimism and indifference towards many things :)

[jessica_m1978]

Well... I mean I haven't spoken to her since 2001. At this point, what do I have to lose? It's less pessimism and more 'I don't need or deserve your shit.' I'm actually pretty optomistic in my own way. I wouldn't have written the letter if I didn't think there was some possibility things could get better.

[nc_cinegirl]

I think yout letter is very well written,i could feel your words as i read them.I hope your mom will feel as i did and that she'll want to meet her daughter Jessica for the first time and that will be the beginning of a new relationship.

[jessica_m1978]

I got a response via email. I'm scared to read it.

[nc_cinegirl]

i hope she's good with what ya did.It's not like ya had a choice.I wish ya the best and i'll be thinking about ya.