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TO BE OR NOT TO BE – PART 1

TO BE OR NOT TO BE – PART 1
by
Spanky de Bautumn

This is a story about how taking a play to New York City changed people's lives. A transgender coming of age story.
I was born Harold Stanley Dayes, not a great name for a kid growing up. I know my parents loved me, but Harold was my mom's dad and Stanley was my father's pop and thus I was stuck. The best of a bad situation, I went by Stan. That is until I started 4th grade.
I wasn't looking forward to the 4th grade because the teacher was "Old Lady Johnson" who wasn't very popular with the students. So when I stepped into the schoolroom, I was surprised to see a very good looking young lady sitting behind the desk. I took a seat in the first row so that I had a better view of our new teacher. She introduced herself as Ms. Wilson and said Mrs. Johnson had had a stroke and would not be back and she would be our teacher for the year. Most of the students cheered, embarrassing her. To me she looked like my favorite "Charlie's Angel", Jacqueline Smith. Long black hair, pretty light blue eyes, and a voice that angels would envy. Yes, I had a big crush on Ms. Wilson, so much so that I would come in early and help her get ready and stay late to help clean up. Everybody knew I had a crush on her and teased me constantly. But I didn't care, love will find a way.
In the middle of the second week, I showed up early as usual. The clouds were dark and it looked like it would start raining any minute. I opened the door and Ms. Wilson looked up.
"Hi", I said with a big smile, happy to see her.
"Well, good morning, Stan". She replied and returned my smile.
I was about to ask her what I could help with, when she stood up and said, " You know Stan, you come in every day with a smile on your face and a good attitude, it's nice. It gives me a feeling that I'm doing my job. But today, it looks like it's going to pour and you come in and just brighten up my day. You're like a ray of sunshine. Wait, that's it. Tell me, do you like your name, Stan?"

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