Even though he wasn't out as trans* to anyone yet, he felt a rush of gender euphoria when the waiter called him sir.

Kipper, I discovered, was airman's slang for a fishing boat. The chief function of this particular station was the escorting of convoys and fishing fleets, and the section which had the latter duty to perform was known as the ‘Kipper Patrol’.

Each day was so like the day before, and Christmas Day, when it came, would not have anything to mark it from all the others.

Have you ever noticed how often God uses your spouse to reveal the unyielded areas of your heart? Conflict reveals unresolved issues of pride, independence, and self-love.