Unlike the Other

Do you ever stop to just look around and marvel at the people around you and wonder how they accomplish so much in a day? I am not just talking about the extraordinary accomplishments of humanity either. It’s the seemingly mundane tasks of daily life which leave me most impressed. Those which in a past…

Untiled – Just Life

By: Emma Renee August 10, 2022September 7, 2022

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Another night, another blog written in the dark embrace of my bedroom. My heated blanket hugging me. The sweet tunes from this playlist labeled “acoustic doze-off” have me energized. My mind is racing, my legs are bouncing to the rhythm once more.

To be Determined

By: Emma Renee June 14, 2022August 10, 2022

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It’s just another rainy night in Seattle as I sit here on the bed with my headphones and iPad wrapped in some of my favorite blankets. The music has my legs bouncing up and down, while my partner lays beside me sleeping soundly.

Can you hear me now?

By: Emma Renee June 2, 2022

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I finally did it. I faced my biggest fears and went under the knife one last time. This time to have voice surgery (Feminizing Laryngoplasty) in Portland, OR with Dr. Thomas. Out of all of the things I have done over the years, this one has always scared me the most. I tend to not…

What it’s like being diagnosed with MS

By: Emma Renee January 8, 2021

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This is the tale of my being diagnosed with a chronic autoimmune disease and how I navigated it all in isolation amid a global pandemic. I wrote this as a means of processing what I have been going through.

Truly Profound

By: Emma Renee October 31, 2020

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I have spent a year trying to figure out how to write about this topic. The topic of my bottom surgery and the effects it had on my state of being. It’s difficult to describe, it’s more than I thought it would be. Prior to the procedure, the only somewhat comparable experience I had to…

The Next Chapter

By: Emma Renee October 1, 2019

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When I started this blog I did so with the intent to inform and educate, instead, it largely became an outlet for me whenever I had a bad day. Fortunately, my good days vastly outnumber the bad, so these pages only occasionally grew in number. As I confidently pursue the next chapter of my journey…

How did you know?

By: Emma Renee July 4, 2019

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What’s it like to be trans? How do you know? That seems a rare sense of self-awareness at such a young age, don’t you think? These are no doubt just some of the common questions the trans-community faces on a daily bases, as our cis-compatriots struggle to try and make sense of our very existence.…

Broken

By: Emma Renee June 27, 2019

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This is something I wrote long ago but never published as it was quite dark. It was something I needed to work through on my own prior to sharing it publicly. Maybe I am broken… I feel deeply for others in their suffering, I support them in their protests, and cheer them on in their…

Permanence and Clown Noses

By: Emma Renee January 6, 2019

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As I am steadily marching towards the next major milestone of my transition I can’t help but sit here wondering what drives me to pursue this procedure? Why do I want this? What are my expectations of going through with this? As those of you closest to me already know, I have decided to have…

Unlike the Other