ordinary parents living in the state of maine needed to figure out what that was about. .. and the here to row of the the hero of the book is really the mother kelly. these twins were adopted at birth. kelly knew there were two things that were most important to her as a mother; make sure that her children were safe and happy. and she knew she could control the safe part. she had to understand the happy part because she also knew that this child was unhappy when she guest: you know, was really unsure about who this child was and resisted it. but kelly was determined. and so she did very early what a lot of us do, and she googled the words boys who like girls toys. and that became the beginning of her odyssey to understanding. she had never heard the word transgender, and so it began she began to become a student of it and to understand it to try and bring her husband into it. it took her longer to do that. it took him longer. but he s probably the one who undergoes the