October 6, 2002 1:28 AM BST
My Mum ......... is the bestest mum in the world
When you are a girl and you have that thingy down there
When you don't quite fit with the big wide world
When the people in the big wide world cannot understand how mistakes happen
Then you need someone to support you, all the time, without fear, without question.
My mum is the lovingests and best person in the world and she is IT!
I am a girl
I was always a girl
And I have become a girl.
Yes!
In Thailand.
Yes I do NOT have a thingy and YES, I have a slit
A vagina
And I have my mum to thank for that. She has supported me all the way and she is my chief fan.
The day after my op my mum took over my care. She even inserted stents and helped me make my new vag a working vag.
She showed me with stents how I might use my vag one day.
And she helped me with all the nasty stuff - trying to pee, peeing straight, bearing the pain.
The nicest thing? She has always helped me by my bras (34a then 34b) and she always sorted my pantys.
And when I lost that dreaded thingy
then she bought me a whole bunch of really femine stuff in Bangkok. Just the most fabulous lace pantys, with string sides and side clips and everything.
For when you get hot with your man she said.
And that is a day fast coming now!