“Well… it’s just a school uniform. You don’t get a choice about yours in the same way they don’t get a choice about theirs… but at the end of the day, you’ll come out with a much better education than they will. After sixth form you’ll be probably be off to uni and by then […]

Janet shows me some of her birthday presents and I feign interest. She tells me the highlights of her party; who won pass-the-parcel, who won musical chairs, who ate too much cake. Then she looks me up and down and asks why I didn’t come to her party when I’m wearing a party dress. “Because […]

The TV anchor man announced that the next programme would be the film, The Living Daylights, starring Timothy Dalton as James Bond. “Can we watch this mum?” I asked as the ba-ba baoummm, ba-ba baoumm, music started. “Oh no.” Mother replied. “Princesses don’t like James Bond. How about a DVD instead?” “OK.” I replied. “Can I […]

    The Saturday had begun fairly non-eventfully.  Patrick and some of his friends were playing ball in the front yard, and, very quickly, the game ended with the breaking of one of the windows.  The others immediately ran off, and Patrick was alone to take the blame.  He quickly knew what the future held […]

Janet is dumbstruck when she sees her brother wearing one of her dresses. Her jaw drops. She gasps. “Why are you wearing my things?” she asks in a most accusational tone. David does nothing but blush. Janet turns to the door and yells “Mu-um! He’s wearing one of my dresses!” Their mother had already followed […]

Peter mentioned a handful of boys in his class who reportedly wear girl’s clothes outside of school, including Keith, possibly Alan and Robert. “Is he the one with the bob?” Kate asked. Peter nodded. “He’s cute.” his sister claimed. Peter didn’t immediately respond, but he did thank his lucky stars that so far, his mother […]

I returned to my room. Hannah is exactly where she was, sat on my bed but instead of perusing the Muse album cover, she’s holding the empty square of card that housed the gift she’d given me. I sort of stopped when I noticed. “Are you wearing them?” she asked. I meekly nodded. “And?” she […]

The next day I came home from school with my neighborhood friends Cindy & Carol. I had grown up with them since I was 2. We were like sisters & brothers. We did everything together. Well the three of us walked into my room to the biggest surprise of my life. It was like a […]

I was planning on legging it down the stairs and, providing the front door was unlocked, to the street outside. But since my grandmother stood on the landing effectively blocking my path, I went into the bathroom, followed by my brother Peter. The bath was already full of fragrant bubbles. Of course, we begged and […]

A light … I realize I can ponder this light … I realize I have more than that ability … I am warm … I have … fingers … I explore my fingers … a thumb … I begin to suck my thumb … I move my feet gently … I am surrounded by … […]