As the dusk of childhood sets and the dawn of adolescence rises, we find ourselves in a new season. The peace and joy that defined my kid has been woven with a fresh strand of discomfort for the binary boundaries puberty defines. With this natural season of metamorphosis on the horizon, her body begins to lean toward the masculine, and in response her heart and mind lean toward the feminine. As the incongruence grows, so does the pain in my mama heart.