Boo-Yah!!! DJ has been accepted as a transfer student into the four year college she wanted. She'll be a physics major. Our girl has set her sights, figuratively and literally, on the stars. She's decided she hopes to be an astronaut someday. She's off to a great start as she completes the final stages of her design for a Mars Rover for a NASA- sponsored study program.
Her brain is….well, it's out there. I've said it before and I'll say it again: I have no idea where she came from 'cause there ain't nothin' in the DNA on either side of the family that will explain her brilliance! And she loves learning. She gets all giggly and talks fast and gestures…it's adorable and inspiring.
Another best part: DJ wrote a letter to the Dean of her community college thanking them for the NASA opportunity. In return, the community college published a piece on DJ in their newsletter. That led to a faculty person contacting DJ to see if she'd be interested in speaking to girls in middle school about going into the sciences.
I'm thinking back on the tough years and will readily admit, I had difficulty envisioning my child being happy. Not because she is a transgender person, but because the world can make life difficult for transgender persons. I hoped for this kind of opportunity for her in any part of her life she chose. Seeing it come to fruition is sublime…..astronomically sublime.
Her brain is….well, it's out there. I've said it before and I'll say it again: I have no idea where she came from 'cause there ain't nothin' in the DNA on either side of the family that will explain her brilliance! And she loves learning. She gets all giggly and talks fast and gestures…it's adorable and inspiring.
Another best part: DJ wrote a letter to the Dean of her community college thanking them for the NASA opportunity. In return, the community college published a piece on DJ in their newsletter. That led to a faculty person contacting DJ to see if she'd be interested in speaking to girls in middle school about going into the sciences.
I'm thinking back on the tough years and will readily admit, I had difficulty envisioning my child being happy. Not because she is a transgender person, but because the world can make life difficult for transgender persons. I hoped for this kind of opportunity for her in any part of her life she chose. Seeing it come to fruition is sublime…..astronomically sublime.
