First Time in a Dress

It's funny the things you remember even after more than 30 years. Even though i knew i felt like a girls probably as young as 2 years old other than my mom curling my hair i never had a chance to express it. Then one day in pre school probably about 4 years old I discovered the wonderful world of the dress up box we had. That was the first time i ever put on a dress. It was denim probably not unlike the one in the picture. I spent the day playing with the other girls and loving it.I wore a dress and played with dolls and the girls treated me like one of them. Surprisingly no teachers said anything or made anything of it. Surprising being a church run pre school. That day of play opened a whole new world to me and made me fell like one of the girls like i felt i should have always been.

That afternoon i also got my first wakeup call to the fact that not everyone was so accepting. My grandfather picked me up from preschool that day. I was still wearing the dress when he arrived. As much as i loved that man he made it very clear that this was not normal and boys didn't wear dresses. I didn't know how to tell him i wasn't a boy but a girl. It was a sad end to a wonderful day and i don't think i ever wore a dress at school again but it opened a whole new world to me.