I don’t feel like I can really go home.  Its been 15 years since I was there, but Michigan will always be my reference point as to what is good and bad.  I enjoy Vegas, and I love the school I work at, but I do miss the trees and the “real” grass.  But the small town I lived in would not be welcoming and parts of my family would not take a visit well.  So I romanticize the state and pretend that it is home.  It is a bit delusional but no where near the oddest thing I do.

I don’t believe the primary obstacle is fear.  Heck I don’t feel safe anywhere I go so Michigan is not any different than anywhere else.  If I only went places I felt safe I would never leave my bed……I gave up any illusion of safety when I began the process of transition.  However I do remember the Midwest not being the most open minded environment for things that are “different.”  I keep meaning to go.  But it falls into the rather large category of “unnecessary risks.”