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Originally Posted by CateP
Hi All,
This a real person and a real post. I have PM'd this person with my 2 cents about Wolfeboro and being transgender. She replied. I think it took some guts to tell everyone on this forum about her sexual identification, but I think the main focus of this thread is about weighing the features of Wolfeboro and Sandwich. (of which there are many)  |
Thank you Cate!
I am real but i think some people took what i said out of context. I rec'd a few PM's about a line i said about neighbors. What I meant was I love people and I love neighbors. I want a neighborhood where if your car cant start on a cold winter morning a neighbor with come to your assistance when they see your hood up.
What i meant about shoving in down someones throat, is I am not a person who demands that people accept me for who I am am what I have been through. To me respect and friendship has to be earned before I can expect people to accept me. I never force my beliefs or values down anyone's throat. Heck I've never ever been to a Pride parade! I don't feel anyone needs a parade to be accepted and noticed. I believe if you are alive and breathing then you deserve to be accepted for who are. I am glad we live in a world where we are different. Black, white, gay, straight, skinny or fat, republican or democrat, we are all different but definately not the same. I was with my partner for 10 glorious years. These years were bitter sweet and challenging. He had kidney failure and needed dialysis 3 times a week for the last 8 1/2 years of his life. We were never able to travel more than a day trip away due to medical treatment he needed. He never complained nor did I. It kept him alive. One Saturday he woke and was off to the races that day! He had energy, was vitalized and had a renewed will for life. His whole day was all about getting caught up with what he missed due to his health. God had a different meaning for that day as it wasn't a day for renewed hope, it was his last day on this Earth as he died that night in his sleep after his long battle with his renal failure. But he lived his last day with health, no restrictions and full of energy. I am not saying this for pity or sympathy, I am saying this that I now need to open a new door and a new start in life. I need new friends that are mine and not "ours", I need new memories that aren't filled with the memories of "us forever" as forever doesn't also come.
I have dedicated the balance of my life to helping others through my foundation. I embrace life and now know it can end quickly and without warning.
I know right now I am just someone at the other end of a post but if we ever meet in town when I move to this area, I am hoping if we meet that you come away with thoughts of how warm and genuine I am. I would never intentionally hurt anyone. I love life and all it has to offer. If I can help a few people with their illness and struggles than its all worth it. Even with my partner he died one week before finding out his only child was to make him a grandfather! I don't want others to feel this pain. I believe you need to give back to others. I believe if you have the ability to make someone else's life a bit more richer or fulfilling than its a blessing from God to witness how you helped someone in need. How you saved someone from hunger, how you helped a mother with an electricity bill or whatever need the foundation could assist with.'
I do apologize for this lengthy reply but I'm new to this and this is the very first forum I've ever entered. I am not sure I know how to send replies to or to thank all individually. Sometimes the thanks box is present and sometimes it isn't. I apologize for the lack of response to some who IM'd me. When I get a negative message sent privately I felt it was best to ignore it than it was to respond a start a battle. I am not a fighter nor am I into drama. I looking forward to a new life and I think it will be Wolfeboro.
Have a blessed evening and thank you for allowing me to vocalize my feelings.
Beth