I am beyond blessed to know all of these people, to call them all friends and to have the BFF.
First, let’s take a look back. 2022. 2023. 2024. 2024 (the rare Sherry post).
Joy.
December 22, 2025, the annual celebration of our real-life community, hosted by the enigma, the elusive Sherry Greer. She does the heavy lifting; I fill out the dance card. What you see above is, to quote the great Robert Palmer in his first hit song, Every Kinda People. This is not a CD gathering. This is not a trans event. This is a celebration of being loving, amazing human beings.
Love.
I sort of crushed this entire holiday season. I know me now. I know Kandi now. I know how to go about now. I know what works, what doesn’t. I know how to make others happy, to make them feel important. I know this because everyone IS important. I watched the party, sometimes like a fly on the wall, and could do nothing but beam with pride.
Like my outfit?
Community.
Sher was the ultimate hostess. Everyone settled in and just all had a blast. One friend, new to the scene, said we should do this more often. Sherry….
Diversity.
Find the joy, it really exists.
The way the world should be.
I’ll leave some space for Sherry to tell you how she felt it went, maybe, maybe. I kid because I love. Yes, I had a hand in every single one of these folks being here and I do this for one reason and one reason only. I have always felt I am “this way (however you define it)” for a reason. And that reason is to gently hold out my hand and help someone move forward. I have been shit on in life, as well as blessed beyond anything anyone could hope for. We thrive as a society when we pass it forward, when we shine a light. Not when we bitch and moan.
And there were probably 15-20 others invited that could not make it.
My personal goal is to get about 50 people together next year and drive Sher nuts trying to keep track.
Time to enjoy that grandson (as of the day this is written, he will have come and gone when you read this)! I will post one more photo of him while he still is unidentifiable on the interweb. This photo is my phone cover pic and it is the definition of life. Happiness in its absolute purest form. I literally cannot stop looking at this.
