An amazing 3 years

It has been an amazing 3 years. It was about 3 years ago at this time that I started cross dressing on a casual basis. Little did I know then I would be at the point I am now.

I was dressed in a bridal gown when I was 9 years old (for halloween). I loved it then (didn't really understand why), but of course I had to pretend like I didn't like it. After all, boys aren't supposed to like those things. That's my issue, I WASN'T A BOY.

When I was in my 20s, I wore my wifes bra and panties some, but didn't get into anything serious.

It wasn't until age 49 when a great lady that I know wondered aloud "I wonder what you would look like as a girl".

I didn't fully understand then, but that started me down the path to truly becoming a girl.

I didn't have any girl clothes at all, I bought my first pairs of panties and my first dress online from Victoris'a secret . Amazingly enough, when they arrived, they actually fit, talk about lucky. I still have those panties from 3 years ago, which I wear on occassion, I no longer wear the dress because it was just a generic red, cheap dress, and my outfits are so much better now.

After buying my first dress, I wore it out a couple of times, then decided to buy another outfit to wear out. I put on one of my new outfits, did my makeup (oh god, what a nightmare I was back then with makeup), and went to a club.

There I met a man who said he found me attractive, and we played some later that night. I know he was just being kind because my makeup skills were atrocious back then, but it was still nice to be wanted.

That evening encouraged me to go farther. I went back to that club several more times after that, becoming a little more sure of myself each time.

I bought more panties, and stuff, and started filling out my wardrobe.

It was about this point, late summer / early fall of 2007, that I knew I had finally figured out what had been wrong with my life for the previous 49 years.

I had been living my life as a man and I WAS A WOMAN !!!!

I decided I was going to change my outer appearance to match my inner self.

I contacted a doctor that did laser hair removal and told them I wanted to get rid of the hair on my face. They asked me why, I said because I am going to become a woman. Those words made me so happy, but also anxious at the same time because I knew I had a lot of work to do to make that dream come true. I made my first appointment for the next week.

Next I contacted a lady who did electrolysis to first fix my eyebrows because they were an absolute disaster, and later to get rid of the gray hair off my face. She asked me why, and I once again said those oh so beautiful words --> BECAUSE I AM GOING TO BECOME A WOMAN. We made an appointment for the next week.

It was also in the fall of 2007, that I created my website: www.tgirlbobbiejo.com

In the fall of 2007, I also started letting my natural hair grow and haven't cut it to this day

I remember my very first GNO in Warren, Ohio in the fall of 2007. I met two wonderful people, Glenda and Michelle. Michelle and I have grown especially close over the last 2 and 1/2 years. I also remember the very first time I ever saw Chloe Prince at a GNO, I thought she was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen in my life. I couldn't believe it when someone told me she was a TS (this was still her pre-op days). She is absolutely amazing, and she is one of my inspirations. Donna Renee Richards is the other.

On March 27th, 2008 I went full time. Almost two years have gone by since that day, and they have been the happiest two years of my life.

In January 2009, I changed my legal name.

In the last 3 years, I have gone from just starting cross dressing to now in the final stages of my transition, choosing my surgeon and preparing to have my SRS surgery.

It has been an amazing journey the last 3 years, one that I wouldn't trade for the world.

I have met so many wonderful people, I have many close friends, I have a wonderful family, I have a wonderful boyfriend who bought me a diamond ring for christmas in 2009. My sister has been far and away my biggest supporter and I love her lots. I have a video on youtube where I did a striptease for a birthday celebration in 2009. Also at 51, I danced topless at a straight strip club. None of the girls there knew I was a TS, they all thought I was a GG until my friend told them. That made my month.

I have livd a truly wonderful and miraculous life over the last 3 years, and I see nothing but good times ahead as I plan my SRS. I thank my many wonderful friends, my family, and my boyfriend for all of the support that they have provided to me.

My only real down moment came when I had my daughter taken away from me simply because I am a transgendered female. She turns 18 in 2018, and I am very hopeful to re-connect with her then. I do miss her and hope she is doing well. I want her to know that I never stop thinking about her. I can only imagine the lies her mother is telling my daughter about me.

I am finally living my life as the woman I should have been all along, and I much better off emotionally, mentally and physically.

Bobbie Jo