Three years doesn't seem like it should be that much time . . .

but it sure feels like a lifetime ago.

Three years ago today after more than a year of mucking about with it, and having to literally write my own legal motion because my lawyer couldn't quite manage it, my name change was final. I was finally, legally me, despite the fact that I'd already been using my name "legally" for more than a year. It was one heck of a trip, and while I still had some serious hard times before me, this was one step I never really thought I'd have managed then because of my lawyer dragging his feet.

It was a great relief, and only the beginning of the road out of hell for me.