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A new American Girls Doll

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As i posted in an earlier post, growing up i always loved the American Girl Dolls. Sadly being seen as a boy i never got to own one or have a matching outfit or have the experience that so many girls my age had. Today American Girls introduced a new doll after my own hear. Luciana Vega an 11 year old girl who wants to be an astronaut. Besides the basic (and in my opinion really cute )dress seen here she will have a space suit and a Space Camp flight suit as well as space themed accessories available. As I've said before I always wanted to be an astronaut growing up. Imagine that news story "First Transgendered Astronaut". I also attended Space Camp 7 times so needless to say Luciana is the American Girl doll i always wanted but never existed until now.

Christmas

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Growing up Christmas was always a big family event. Christmas eve was spent at my dad's parents for dinner, family and presents. Christmas Day was spent at home then Christmas night we went to my mom's parents for more of the same. Growing up my brother and I were never hurting for presents and we usually got what we asked for and even if we didn't we usually forgot when we saw everything we did get. Toy wise growing up my Christmas list were typical boy toys. As i said even if my mind said i was a girl i was still a boy on the outside and a tomboy in my interests. However I had mostly female cousins growing up nd i did envy them getting pretty new clothes, and dolls and getting to wear the pretty Christmas dresses like this one. I wished i could have been among them. As they got older the toys and clothes turned into clothes and makeup and more grown up girly gifts and i envied it even more. One of my maybe stranger memories of envy was a gift my grandparents gave to...

American Girls

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When i was in elementary school a new line of dolls was introduced called the American girls collection. At first they had 3 all from different peiods in history each featured a series of books about their lives each had a matching doll. And Each had various outfits from their time period. The coolest thing about them was their were matching outfits for the girl who owned one available as well. Each year our school librarian featured the books and dolls in the library and encouraged students boys and girls alike to read them, She tried to get the boys to read saying what good stories they were especially for someone like me who loved history. Most boys didn't bother but i like the other girls in my class enjoyed them. I read a couple of Molly's books set in World War 2. As much as i really enjoyed the books thought I really wanted a doll and matching outfits like some of my classmates had. Sadly since i was seen as a boy to most of the world it was never to be. The American ...

Ballet and Gymnastics?

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I may have had the heart and mid of a girl but i was cursed with the body of a boy. And over the years this manifested itself in more ways than one. Of course there is the usual things as you get older. But i was always a big boy even when i was little. I was never blessed with the grace and flexibility of my other female classmates and I hated that. As a bigger heavier kid (I grew up to be 6 feet tall though lost some weight later) i never walked lightly. My father once told me as a threat that if i didn't stop stomping around he'd put me in ballet. He considered it a threat. In my hear i wished he would. I knew other girls who were in ballet and other dance classes at a local dance school. They all had a pretty pink satin jacket with their name embroidered on it. I longed to be like them, to be a pretty graceful ballerina. My dad on the other hand never meant it and I doubt he'd ever out a son of his in something that feminine and i played it off like i hated the id...