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A lot has happened since the last time I updated this website. Most noteable was the fact that my wife and I got married on June 29, 2007. We have been together long enough that we decided we did not want to go to all of the trouble and expense of a traditional church wedding so we did it the "quickie" way, with a magistrate at our local courthouse and two witnesses. We honeymooned in Asheville, NC. I won't speak for her here, but these were the happiest days of my life.
For those of you who do not know, Sherri, my wife, happened to be the first transgendered person I had ever met and I credit her with helping me to find my own way on my gender journey. She is one of those people that I like to call "an entity all unto herself". She is the kind of person that you may only meet once in a lifetime. She has a quick wit, a soft heart, and an opinion on just about everything. She is one of those people who seems to know alittle bit about everything and always has a story to tell. She has such a "presence" that you notice when she is not around.
When she's in what she likes to call her "butch" mode, she can give any fisherman on the lake a run for his money, knows the many uses of duct tape, and can find a way to fix just about anything. This lady knows how to take care of herself. Yet, when she gets dressed up, she exudes an air of gracefulness and softness that commands you to stand up and take notice.
In the time that I have known Sherri I have learned alot from her. She is always good for a laugh and the way she tells a story makes you want to hear what happens next. She has been someone I could always depend on. She'll tell you the truth even when you don't want to hear it (or she'll tell you a good lie!) Over the last 11 years, she is someone I have been very proud to call my friend first, then my girlfriend, and now my partner in crime, my lover, and the woman of my dreams. Now I can also add wife to that list which, I'm sure, will no doubt lead to a bunch of other names I can call her! ;-)
It was a long road we took for us to get to the point we are at today but, in looking back down that road, I am grateful we did not take a shorter or different path. I believe strongly in fate when it comes to love and relationships and to have taken a different path at any other time would have been been a mistake for us. Not only was this meant to happen for us, but it was meant to happen just the way it did. Realizing this has made me value both her and our relationship a lot more than I might have otherwise. After all, nothing worthwhile ever comes easily!
Stay tuned as I hope to add more to this site about our journey together and what life is like for a transgendered couple!
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