Had she known everything, I would have ended up in juvi instead of the cloistered year-round girls school (catholic of course) three states from home....t the time I was mortified; lonely; missing my friends; felt my parents did not love me or want me around; and was just plain ole pissed! The worst part, not being able to do anything about it. It made no difference how I felt, parents, especially Italian moms, ruled.In retrospect, going to that boarding school was probably the best thing (I did. "Don't worry," she said."I promise I won't cut you with the clippers. Just relax."After I calmed down I realized this wasn't so bad having an attractivewoman holding my hand. Lisa had dark brown hair cropped just above hershoulders. She smiled at me periodically as she worked and asked mequestions about which school I attended and what I planned for thesummer. I noticed my grandmother in a chair having her hair permed."Okay," said Lisa after she had finished with my left hand. "Let's trysome. But something was still missing. Somehow, I still looked too average at a second glance. I studied myself intensely until I had the revelation. Rummaging hastily through the drawers of my dresser, I finally found the old box with my carnival makeup. There it was! The dark, glittery eye shadow and the matching rouge, both in different levels of purple, blue and red.The face that stared back from the mirror a minute later was wicked and screamed sex, my eyes dark and shaded and glittering. " So I'm a..." Tim couldn't finish the statement."Yes you're a woman. At least outwardly you are. It will take aboutanother 4 to 6 weeks for the internal reproduction organs to mature. Youshould have your first menses in about two months."The nurse spent the next two hours explaining how to take care of his newbody. Clinically almost robotically she explained the necessity of doingit right and very graphically what could happen if it was done wrong.After Tim used the bathroom twice (correctly).