Years and years ago, I read "If I Was Your Girl" by Meredith Russo, and along with getting some insight into the lived experience of navigating the world as a trans teen girl, there was a scene where she walks in on her mom late at night. The mom is sitting in the living room crying softly with family photo albums spread out with pictures of the protagonist before her transition. And the mother tells her, it's not about you being trans, this isn't the first time you've grown out of a life stage, and I've mourned the loss of that younger version of you. It doesn't mean I don't 100% love the version of you that is here now.
And I just felt that was such a compassionate and true take on some complex emotions that come as a parent.
Years and years ago, I read "If I Was Your Girl" by Meredith Russo, and along with getting some insight into the lived experience of navigating the world as a trans teen girl, there was a scene where she walks in on her mom late at night. The mom is sitting in the living room crying softly with family photo albums spread out with pictures of the protagonist before her transition. And the mother tells her, it's not about you being trans, this isn't the first time you've grown out of a life stage, and I've mourned the loss of that younger version of you. It doesn't mean I don't 100% love the version of you that is here now.
And I just felt that was such a compassionate and true take on some complex emotions that come as a parent.