Same “Kelli”, but I needed a new account. Anyway, thank you for the opportunity to be part of this amazing community! I believe I first started chatting here in the previous version of URNA, 2006 or 7. I didn’t have any friends but in time I began to connect with people who were “like me”! ? I chatted for about 10 years, then I needed to step away for awhile—5 years. I came back to chat in 2022. I was missing the girls! They are so special to me, in the previous version and of course nowadays. Love you girls!! ?(and yes, a few fellas too ?) I was about 7 when I was thinking about whether I was a boy, or not. A few years later, I found out that I wasn’t a boy, internally. I didn’t have a sister (one older brother), so of course, my mom was my outlet to beginning dressing. I bought my first feminine clothing at 18, and I was happy So happy! I kept my feelings to myself…years and then decades, and no one else knew about me. Eventually I accumulated the equivalent of 5 or 6 big suitcases full of feminine clothes and stuff. But I was very lonely too. I eventually had a girl (cisgender woman) who was interested in me…and 2 years later we were married. But for 6 years I didn’t tell her anything about me, I just thought I was “cured by love”, and for a time it seemed right to erase my feelings about being a woman. But not really, I was living a lie. I couldn’t that anymore so i came out to her in 2005. Make a long story short—devastating, heartbreaking, but also forgiving, but eventually no….divorce in 2009, one day later I became “full time”, and moved from Illinois to Northern California in 2010. I’ve never been happier! After being unemployed for 9 months (my previous job i worked for 22 years back in Illinois), I was hired at Walmart, stocking goods at night (10 years), and by then i was a full time woman, and I was treated kindly all throughout my time there. In June, 2015, i had a stroke, , 3 years of hormones was one of the causes. Thankfully no physical problems, just my speech (speech therapy for 6 months), and nowadays my speech has improved significantly. In 2022, because of my recent health issues, i was not able to work anymore. These past few years became difficult, many medical procedures, but with help of doctors and nurses (and me!), I began to feel better about my health. And I am living alone (I had roommates for 16 years), so this is wonderful! In July 2023 I became legally Kelli Nicole Elam! Thank you everyone who helped me along the way, here and everywhere else. Love you girls and guys! Hugs and Kisses!!