[Samantha Rogers]

Thanks for your kind words Annibel. For my part, I am experiencing a little irony. I came here originally seeking information of a tangible nature to apply to my own quest for modest feminization, so that I might be more at peace, and better able to harmonize two conflicting sides of myself. I found that information, but I have found something else. In the process of dousing my body with phytoestrogen for the last three plus years, and watching as physical change took place in my body, I have also (and only recently) become aware of another change. I find that this old type A personality is now much better able to hear and empathise with others, in a way I was never much good at before. Oh, I know ... this just sounds like rambling, most likely, but three years ago I never would have read some of the posts that I read here and found that my first and overwhelming response was a desire to reach out to the person whose words I am reading, and hug them and tell them that its OK. Now, that is what I feel here most of the time.