every year, my family (the allens) has our reunion in kansas. we make dumb t shirts that say "the als" and ♥♥♥♥ like that. this year was definitely one for the books.

my grandpa always gives the toast. the man is seriously a master with words and i've always wanted to learn he does it. but when he went to give his toast before dinner my uncle roy stood up and told he had something to say.

"as most of you know, i recently went through a divorce. and it wasn't just the affair." he took a deep breath and continued "for the past few years i've been doing drag shows under the name beatrice bombshell."

dead. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. silence.

then he kept going "but i honestly think this is who i am, and i've decided to go forward to fully transition. from now on i will never be roy, als, you can call me queen bee."

This kid is a ♥♥♥