I am a project management professional in the greater Philadelphia area. I enjoy travel, domestic arts, reading and gardening. I am an active member of several ladies groups. I am a fan of 1970s & 80s hard rock, do not own a cell phone, and still have my high school football varsity letterman's jacket in my closet.
Christy Lewis blogs about taking chances. Whether it’s leaving a relationship to go out on your own, trying something in life that you may not be totally suited for, or finally making a move to be who you really are, sometimes staying safe is not a good option and it can pay to take your chances.
With a nod to July 4th Christy Lewis looks at independence and what it means from the national level on down to each individual. She recommends that we look for a meaningful and visible way to celebrate, besides cookouts and fireworks.
Christy Lewis is a conservative minded person and she took a conservative approach to transition. As a result of her approach she came out to her church, to management at her work place, and to her co-workers. She is satisfied that all of the people she interacts with now are not scared to be in the same room with her. But she points out that fear sells. Could that be why politicians have attacked transgender people?
Boys will often use the phrase, “You play like a girl” when they want to make fun of a rival on the playing field. But that’s a phrase that for many trans people is a compliment. Christy Lewis looks at the variety of things that girls, and grown-up women, do that come naturally to them. Behavior that trans women would do well to emulate if they want to be accepted as ladies.
After a major life transition Christy Lewis feels she is still the same person she was before transition. Her past matters; it formed her present, and guides her future. People that have known her before and after transition still recognize the same person despite the different outward appearance. Christy feels “It’s the same, but different” implies continuity.
If you want to achieve something, whether it’s something personal or career related, it’s important to have a goal. Today Christy Lewis writes about having goals and how to prepare your plan to reach your goal. Without a plan failure is the most likely outcome. Make a plan and be a winner.
Christy Lewis likes to be out and about in the general population. She feels that it’s important that transgender people are seen and that they can safely and confidently put their best (stylish) foot forward. Being a “missing person” means others can define you and they won’t be spreading accolades about us.
Today Christy Lewis likens her existence before she transitioned to having double vision. With the strain of living in two genders and making sure no one she knew as one gender never met her when she was presenting as a gender they were unaware of no wonder things were blurry.
Christy Lewis isn’t an early adopter of technology for technology’s sake. While working in the digital information biz she doesn’t own a cell phone and plans to never have one. But in other areas she is, as she says in today’s blog, “quite willing at times to take the lead and initiative in placing myself out in the open from a transgender perspective.”
Christy Lewis feels that people are becoming increasingly used to seeing transgender characters and personalities portrayed in media andthat is a good things but she believes it’s more important that the public sees transgender individuals in their midst, whom they know and can identify by name, and are engaging, confident people with whom they interact directly. Read on for the rest of The View From Christy’s World.
Christy Lewis feels that due to the pandemic restrictions people have spent too much time homebound and remote in the previous two years. She has hopes of a return to a domesticated state in which they are warm, humane, and genuine.
Today Christy writes about the influence of ’60s girl groups on her choice of hairstyles. Not so much the styles the girl groups sported but the image they projected, which was one of poise, confidence and beauty. Their hair was the finishing touch. But read on! Things are about to get hairy. In a good way, as Christy reveals her influences and her own changing coiffure.
Christy Lewis feels that the way we dress is important because what we wear broadcasts messages about who we are to the world we walk through. She urges that the messages our attire sends should be positive.
Christy Lewis feels that life is getting back to “normal”. But she is also happy with the “new normal” — her new out as a trans woman normal. Something she finds much more relaxed and accessible.
Christy Lewis writes about the startling cost of women’s clothing when compared to what men spend. If you’re paying full retail for your frocks, shoes, and accessories (a bra can cost over $70!) you need to have a good paying job. Christy sums it up and concludes that all things considered it’s worth it.
It’s been two years since Christy Lewis transitioned. Today she looks back on her journey and evaluates what she learned during those two years. One major lesson was to not be afraid to face life as your true self.
Christy Lewis attends a tea party–even though she prefers her tea chilled. She and several of her friends participate in a tea party fundraiser, highlighted by a hat contest. Will Christy’s hat win the prize? Will she enjoy the taste treats and become a hot tea enthusiast? Read on!
With the arrival of spring Christy Lewis has fashion advice for the working trans woman. “Even if your professional life has recently become hybrid or remote, there’s no reason for that to mean dull or effortless. Spice it up a bit, and show everyone that “relaxed casual” can be a way of life, not just a dress code!”
In Christy’s world things happen after careful planning. Little by little she has progressed through her transition and just recently she passed a milestone. Her church members have accepted her fully as a woman. But her mail from the church was still going to that guy. After requesting an update her next mail from church will be sent to Ms. Christy Lewis. Sometimes it’s the little things that bring validation.
While she may not putter around the house singing the Peggy Lee song, I Enjoy Being a Girl, Christy Lewis does find her new life much more enjoyable. Today she counts the ways that being a woman has improved her existence.
Christy Lewis muses on the meanings of freedom and liberty. When she was young freedom would have been wearing a dress to prom. As she matured the nature of freedom changed. Today she shares her concept of freedom as it has evolved for her.
Purge is a word with several meanings. Authoritarian dictators remove anyone who threatens their power in a purge. In the past few years the word became part of movie titles for films in which once a year any crime could be committed with no punishment. Have a beef with a neighbor? Wait for The Purge and get rid of him. But, the most common application of purge as used by trans women is getting rid of all their feminine clothes and accessories. Usually in the middle of the night in a dumpster far from their home. Christy Lewis writes about several meanings of the P word.
Christy Lewis writes about finding your comfort zone. While feminine fashions, at least for dress up occasions, aren’t the most physically comfortable attire, in Christy’s case, and that of many other trans people, those clothes put her in her comfort zone.
She’s back! Who? Christy Lewis is back from working from home and is behind her desk in the office. Read on and learn how her co-workers react to her physical presence nine to five, five days a week.
Christy Lewis blogs about taking chances. Whether it’s leaving a relationship to go out on your own, trying something in life that you may not be totally suited for, or finally making a move to be who you really are, sometimes staying safe is not a good option and it can pay to take your chances.
