A Transformed Life: Navigating Love and Identity as a Woman The Change: Chapter 2 Later that same day Kylee and I were on our way to the mall to do a little shopping as only two sisters can. I couldn’t decide if I was looking forward to it or not. As a guy I had never been one to do a lot of shopping. It was usually go in get what I need and leave. I didn’t like to spend time looking at the various things that they had because they weren’t something I either wanted or needed. I did notice, however, on the way that I was seeing things a little differently than normal. I had made this trip more times in my life than I care to count with a mother and an older sister but this time I was noticing, for the first time, some of the things along the way. I spotted four tanning parlors, six nail salons, and two flower shops. Don’t ask me why I just now noticed any of these things, I have no idea. It could have been that I was riding instead of driving, but I think it has more to do with the female part of my brain beginning to wake up and these things are noticed by a lot of females. As we parked the car and walked into the mall I noticed a guy from school coming out. Holy shit! He knows my sister and knows that she is the only sister we going to play this off if he says anything. Maybe I could pass for a cousin that I had never mentioned before. I’m not sure. I just had to hope that he keeps walking and doesn’t say anything. We passed him and, thankfully, he never said a word. …but everything was about to change
