I "AM" Teresa, 
I am transsexual, I have been on hormones since February 2006. I am who I am, most people seem to except me whichever way I look. I work in jeans, no make-up and my hair tied back, earrings and long nails. It does not seem to bother the guys I run into at work, but then I'm sure they talk among themselves. I wonder sometimes what they would say if I showed up on the job the way I look in some of the photos I have on here. Probably ask me how I expected to get a damn thing done with my skirt hung up in the controls all the time. Besides, the ground crew would be so busy trying to see what's under there, that "they" would never get a thing done. Don't ya think? I work in the housing development and highway construction industry mostly. Heavy equipment operator at times, and truck owner operator at others. I am also a heavy equipment and truck mechanic, (I tear em apart and put em back together). In the past I have been a Logger, a Sheriff's deputy, Soldier. You know, all the macho jobs, I suppose to cover for who was really inside me. I am working on total transformation, when the economy comes back and I can save the money again. I really, really, hope it comes to pass, but it will not end my life or my happiness if it does not happen. Life for me, especially now that I have accepted who I am even with all it's trials, is just too much fun to waste worrying about what might be. I knew I wanted to be a woman since earliest childhood, maybe 4 or 5 at the latest, but lived my life as a male because that is what you did back in the early 50's. What thoughts I had inside me was something that was not the norm, and so I just tried my best to bury them and be normal. Like most of us from that generation, I did not know I had any other choice. I always dreamed there might be, and in my dreams I lived it. With the proliferation of the Internet, I learned I did have a choice, and that I was "not" the only one like this. I have found that most of us thought we were the only one with this problem. Problem??? Sorry wrong word. No I don't consider it a problem, it is me and my life, and if I considered that a problem, what would life be worth. I am constantly told by others who meet me, be they male, female, transgender, gay, straight or bi, that I am very beautiful as a woman. I had difficulty believing that at first but now, weather true or not, I "WILL" believe. I have found that you "become" what you believe yourself to be, so I will believe myself to be beautiful. I was born December 2, 1953, I am 55 years old. I know by putting this on here, I open myself up to be ridiculed by some with small minds, but I will do it anyway, and to hell with them. If you think me worthy of your friendship, and friendly comments and or "constructive" criticism I will feel wonderful and grateful. If you live in the world of the small minded, and give me lemons, I will make lemonade, and invite you over for a drink and still feel wonderful about myself. Your life and happiness are what "YOU" make it, life is too short to worry it away over other people's opinions and your own perceived troubles. When you do that, you give them control over your life and you happiness, with them taking none of the responsibilities. I believe I will forgo all that and just be happy, as that is the way I have lived my life until now, so why change. 

terri200026@yahoo.com

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