How do you handle sentimental Christmas ornaments with your dead name?
Hello, I come here with peace and love to you folks as a cis man with a dilemma. The short version is that I changed my name due to past trauma and I have been very fortunate, through paths cut by your community, to smoothly update my information both personally and professionally.
That said, this holiday season will be the first year that I look at personalized Christmas decorations from my past as my dead name, or not even mine. What do I do with them? Do I keep them? Put them up? Put them away? Re-personalize them?
If there are any people who might know how to handle these feelings I feel, it might be y’all. I know it’s not exactly the same, and I’d never say “I feel the same thing!” but I really don’t know who else to ask.
If this breaks rules or anything, I’ll delete immediately. I still support and thank y’all.