#ParentingJoy is cuddling and listening to the heartbeat of LapChild, who is crushing your head into LapChild’s sternum with both arms while twisting around to argue with RaspberryChild who just blew a raspberry.
Absolute chaos reigns, and honestly, I love it.
My 8yo Q just asked me why some of my shirts *do that?* By which he meant: are crop tops. ("Why do they not cover your belly?")
I told him the truth.
That I'd spent 37 years of my life not showing off who I was, and it's something I need to do now.
He understood. Kids always do.
100000000 / 10, would mom again.
When Eldest was Youngest’s age, the stick figure family drawings that came home had me with hair on only one side of my stick-figure-head, “because of your pony tail.” My unadorned dysphoria-low-pony.
Youngest’s stick figures of me have hair on both sides of my head, just like the way other women get depicted.
#trans #transition #parenting #ParentingWhileTrans #TransJoy
I am feeling for my trans siblings who had painful experiences this holiday season.
I also want to share that #trans folks experience all sorts of holidays. For me, this year, I had a really nice time. I got earrings from my SIL, and I haven’t heard someone deadname me at all this holiday.
The earrings were particularly sweet, as they really reinforce that she and her side of the family are accepting of me, something that was very much an open question before I came out.
Plus, my eldest and I both got our ears pierced in September, and today we wore statement earrings to an event for the first time! She went with a cascade of dangling bow-and-holly charms, and I went with three-and-a-half-inch thin golden hoops. My ears are tired, but happy!
I’m spinning up an tech-focused alt: @willow_datawitch
That account is going to be my ramblings on data engineering, coaching tech folks, open source coding, bemoaning the existence of computers, and pragmatic data handling.
This one is going to still be trans things, parenting, #ParentingWhileTrans, distribution of hugs, #TransJoy, #CookingWhileTrans, and such.
I’m not sure if a light sprinkling of socialism and smashing the patriarchy will be just here or also there, but follow me to find out! 
🚨🚨 New Zine!!!
Fresh off the photocopier!!!!🚨🚨
“Parenting While Queer / Queering Parenthood” is a collaborative zine about #parenthood, #queerness, #love, and #belonging. And yes! We have #kidArt!
Get it here: https://ko-fi.com/s/a8ef8b75f6
#zine #zines #queer #parentingWhileQueer #parentingWhileTrans @transjoy
#transJoy
A little #genderEuphoria to start the day:
Dropping 5yo at first day of summer camp:
Camp Coordinator: Just sign here, Ma’am, oh sorry Sir. Is it Ma’am? Or… ?
Me: who even knows? Feel free to pick one, or to switch as needed.
Camp Coordinator: What does it even matter any more? Maybe we can all be past all this one day. I like your hair.
#parentingWhileTrans #parentingWhileGenderQueer #parenting #transJoy @transjoy
The special stress of having to brace for transphobia at every playdate and birthday party
9yo to me: “Worms are neither boys nor girls. They’re both and they’re neither. Like you! You and worms. That’s pretty cool.”
🤔okay… yeah, I’ll take this as a #win. Me and worms 😂
#parenting #parentingWhileTrans #trans #genderNonConforming #worms
Willow, Venus Pirate 🏳️⚧️
Jessica Canady
Sophie 🏳️⚧️ 💜 🎹 🪗