[Miss Saigon] Sun and Moon

Miss Saigon: Sun and Moon. I love the melody and lyrics for that moment.Wish you will like it

Sun and Moon
[KIM]
You are sunlight and I moon
Joined by the gods of fortune
Midnight and high noon
Sharing the sky
We have been blessed, you and I

[CHRIS]
You are here like a mystery
I'm from a world that's so different
From all that you are
How in the light of one night
Did we come so far?

[KIM]
Outside day starts to dawn

[CHRIS]
Your moon still floats on high

[KIM]
The birds awake

[CHRIS]
The stars shine too

[KIM]
My hands still shake

[CHRIS]
I reach for you

[BOTH]
And we meet in the sky!

[KIM]
You are sunlight and I moon
Joined here
Bright'ning the sky
With the flame
Of love

[BOTH]
Made of
Sunlight
Moonlight

[KIM]
Tomorrow will be the full moon
I can bring friends to bless our room
With paper unicorns and perfume
If you want me to

[CHRIS]
Unicorns? sure. . .

Labor of Love

Thomas Beatie gives The Advocate a first-person account of how it feels to be pregnant and carrying a child for his wife and himself.

Thomas Beatie

From The Advocate March 26, 2008

To our neighbors, my wife, Nancy, and I don’t appear in the least unusual. To those in the quiet Oregon community where we live, we are viewed just as we are -- a happy couple deeply in love. Our desire to work hard, buy our first home, and start a family was nothing out of the ordinary. That is, until we decided that I would carry our child.

I am transgender, legally male, and legally married to Nancy. Unlike those in same-sex marriages, domestic partnerships, or civil unions, Nancy and I are afforded the more than 1,100 federal rights of marriage. Sterilization is not a requirement for sex reassignment, so I decided to have chest reconstruction and testosterone therapy but kept my reproductive rights. Wanting to have a biological child is neither a male nor female desire, but a human desire.

Ten years ago, when Nancy and I became a couple, the idea of us having a child was more dream than plan. I always wanted to have children. However, due to severe endometriosis 20 years ago, Nancy had to undergo a hysterectomy and is unable to carry a child. But after the success of our custom screen-printing business and a move from Hawaii to the Pacific Northwest two years ago, the timing finally seemed right. I stopped taking my bimonthly testosterone injections. It had been roughly eight years since I had my last menstrual cycle, so this wasn’t a decision that I took lightly. My body regulated itself after about four months, and I didn’t have to take any exogenous estrogen, progesterone, or fertility drugs to aid my pregnancy.

Our situation sparks legal, political, and social unknowns. We have only begun experiencing opposition from people who are upset by our situation. Doctors have discriminated against us, turning us away due to their religious beliefs. Health care professionals have refused to call me by a male pronoun or recognize Nancy as my wife. Receptionists have laughed at us. Friends and family have been unsupportive; most of Nancy’s family doesn’t even know I’m transgender.

This whole process, from trying to get pregnant to being pregnant, has been a challenge for us. The first doctor we approached was a reproductive endocrinologist. He was shocked by our situation and told me to shave my facial hair. After a $300 consultation, he reluctantly performed my initial checkups. He then required us to see the clinic’s psychologist to see if we were fit to bring a child into this world and consulted with the ethics board of his hospital. A few months and a couple thousand dollars later, he told us that he would no longer treat us, saying he and his staff felt uncomfortable working with “someone like me.”

In total, nine different doctors have been involved. This is why it took over one year to get access to a cryogenic sperm bank to purchase anonymous donor vials, and why Nancy and I eventually resorted to home insemination.

When I finally got pregnant for the first time, I ended up having an ectopic pregnancy with triplets. It was a life-threatening event that required surgical intervention, resulting in the loss of all embryos and my right fallopian tube. When my brother found out about my loss, he said, “It’s a good thing that happened. Who knows what kind of monster it would have been.”

On successfully getting pregnant a second time, we are proud to announce that this pregnancy is free of complications and our baby girl has a clean bill of health. We are happily awaiting her birth, with an estimated due date of July 3, 2008.

How does it feel to be a pregnant man? Incredible. Despite the fact that my belly is growing with a new life inside me, I am stable and confident being the man that I am. In a technical sense I see myself as my own surrogate, though my gender identity as male is constant. To Nancy, I am her husband carrying our child -- I am so lucky to have such a loving, supportive wife. I will be my daughter’s father, and Nancy will be her mother. We will be a family.

Outside the local medical community, people don’t know I’m five months’ pregnant. But our situation ultimately will ask everyone to embrace the gamut of human possibility and to define for themselves what is normal.

＊原文連結：http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail.asp?id=52947&page=1

我不難過

昨天在捷運聽到「愛到了盡頭，是非對錯就讓它隨風，忘了所有，過得比你快活。」這一句，眼眶不爭氣地泛紅起來。
是啊，這不算什麼，只是為什麼眼淚會留我也不懂。
只知道有個地方空空蕩蕩地。
你怎麼會知道我為了你掉了多少眼淚，又怎麼會知道你說你不想被我傷害，結果最後受傷的人是我。
怎麼你可以若無其事地說出你不知道該選誰？
其實你只是太愛自己而沒有看見別人。其實我應該知道卻假裝自己不曉得。



又站在你家的門口 我們重複沉默
這樣子單方面的守候 還能多久

終於你開口向我訴說她有多溫柔
雖然你還握著我的手 但我已不在 你心中

我真的懂 你不是喜新厭舊
是我沒有 陪在你身邊當你寂寞時候
別再看著我說著你愛過 別太傷痛
我不難過 這不算什麼 只是為什麼眼淚會流我也不懂

就讓我走 讓我開始享受自由
回憶很多 你的影子也會充滿我生活
我並不懦弱 你比誰都懂
雖然寂寞 這會是我 最後的寬容

終於你開口向我訴說她有多溫柔
雖然你還握著我的手 但我已不在 你心中

我真的懂 你不是喜新厭舊
是我沒有 陪在你身邊當你寂寞時候
別再看著我說著你愛過 別太傷痛
我不難過 這不算什麼 只是為什麼眼淚會流我也不懂

就讓我走 讓我開始享受自由
回憶很多 你的影子也會充滿我生活
我並不懦弱 你比誰都懂
雖然寂寞 這會是我 最後的寬容

抱緊我 再抱緊我
這一份感動 請你讓我留在胸口
別再說 是你的錯
愛到了盡頭 是非對錯就讓它隨風
忘了所有 過得比你快活

我真的懂 你不是喜新厭舊
是我沒有 陪在你身邊當你寂寞時候
別再看著我說著你愛過 別太傷痛
我不難過 這不算什麼 只是為什麼眼淚會流我也不懂

不要再說 或許這是最好的結果
現在分手 總好過你不愛我一拖再拖
鬆開你的手 離開你左右
我向前走 這會是我 成長的解脫

Some Questions About Me

被朋友在線上抓到回答這些問題。（好啦，你知道美女總是無法抵擋溫柔善良的人）
為了某些朋友，把這些問題用英文又回答一遍。
(For some friends, I will answer these questions in English again. XD)(Ok, you know I love you guys.....)

Ａ.被點到名字的要在自己的Bｌｏｇ裡寫下自己的答案，然後去掉一個你最不喜歡的問題再加上一個你的問題，仍然組成２０個問題，傳給其他８個人，列出其他８個需要回答問題的人的名字，還要到這８個人的Bｌｏｇ裡留言通知對方～你被點名了，被點名者不得拒絕回答問題，完成遊戲的人將會永遠得到大家的祝福。

Ｂ.這８個人要在自己的Bｌｏｇ裡註明是從哪裡接到的，並且在傳給其他８個人，讓遊戲繼續下去，不得回傳。被點到名字的人將會得到大家的祝福，並且所有美好的願望都會在不久的將來實現。


問題如下：

點我名的是：死貓

1.最後悔的事是什麼？ What is the most thing you regret?
我從來不後悔。 I never regret.

2.最近讓你快樂的事，是什麼事？ What makes you happy recently?
認識新朋友。 Make new friends.

3.你目前對人生的看法是？ What is your opinion to your life now?
平安。 To have a peaceful life.

4.你最無法忍受他人在你面前做出什麼樣的舉動或是行為？ What behaviour you can not stand that other people do it in front of you?
沒頭腦的亂講話。 Talking without thinking.

5.對目前的週遭生活還滿意嗎？ Are you satisfied with your life now?
是。 Yes.

6.最受不了自己的哪個缺點？ What is the worst shortcomings you don't like?
不積極。 Not positive.

7.如果有不開心的事情，你會怎麼辦？ If there's any thing makes you unhappy, what will you do?
去大吃跟半夜在街上唱歌。 Eating a lot and singing on the street at midnight.

8.什麼事情是你這輩子最想完成的夢想？ What is the dream you want to accomplish in your life?
嫁人（默） To marry to someone. (silence.......)

9.五年內比較想實現的目標是什麼？ What is the goal you want to achieve in 5 years?
應該要回答拿到博士吧，但是我不介意先拿到Tiffany。（笑） I suppose to answer to get PhD, right? But I don't mind, if I got Tiffany first. (laugh)

10.遇到這輩子最快樂的事情，最想立刻跟誰分享？ Whom will you share with if the happiest thing comes to you?
我家的美惠。Marisol.

11.孤獨是什麼？ What is loneliness?
是人生必要的狀態。是你如何與自己相處。 A necessary status in your life, and how do you stay with yourself.

12.婚姻對你而言是什麼？ What is marriage to you?
一個承諾。一種生活。一段關係。一種制度。一顆Tiffany！ A commitment, a life, a relationship, a system, and a Tiffany!

13.如果你中了四億樂透，你會不會跟你的另一伴說你中獎了？ If you won 4 hundred million lottery, will you tell your partner this?
會。不過需要分他嗎？我想要買一整間圖書館。 Yes, but do we need to share? (ha) I want to but a library.

14.說出點你名的人的３個優點？ Please notified three excellences from the one who choose you into this game.
熱心。契而不捨。誠實。 passion, never easily give up, honest.

15.你愛不愛點你名的人？講句想對他說的話唄～ Do you love her or him? Please tell something to her or him.
愛，但不是那種愛。小心美麗的女人。Yes, but not that kind of love. Be careful the beautiful women. (They are spiders.)

16.最羨慕哪一種人？ What kind of people do you admire?
純樸簡單的人。 the simple one.

17.如果可以讓你擁有一項超能力，你想要哪種？ If you ca own a superpower, what will you want?
飛。（可以說還想要跟暴風女一樣嗎？） the ability to fly. (Can I say I wish to be the Storm?)

18.如果能讓你實現一個願望，會是什麼？ If you can accomplish one wish immediately, what will that be?
立刻死去。 To die immediately.

19.如果你曾經有夢想的話，你夢想的原型是什麼？ If you had a dream, what is the ideal type of your dream?
我不是很懂這個題目。夢想的原型？ I don't get it: the ideal type of my dreams?

20.如果上帝讓你可以在你人生裡，改變一件事，你希望是什麼？ If God let you change one thing in your life, what will you wish for?
讓自己笨一點。 To make me a little stupid. (not to think too much?)

While you were sleeping,

there's a smile on your face.

I opened my eyes to look at you, tired face
with pure childish.
Made me almost can't handle my feeling to give
you a kiss.

I did.

And you turned away
to find a suitable position to sleep.

I smiled.

Now you probably slept again, I just image the way you might look tonight.

Wish that I could give you a kiss with angel's smile.