Names

on friday i'm going to the courthouse to get an appointment to legally change my name. my entire name. i've decided to build it on 3 elements that are most important to me. myself, my relationship and my family. for the first time in my life i feel free to be who i am and to obtain that however i need to. it sounds ridiculous but i feel completely liberated. for the first time in my life i am able to completely support myself as an adult without the help of my parents. i'm living an openly queer life regardless of how accepting my family is. and im in a relationship that is undoubtedly one of the healthiest connections i have ever had with another human being. this isn't all necessarily related to a name change, but it is the freedom i feel at this point in my life to do as i need/want to. my name has never defined me, at least not in the way i think it should. so RIP jen.