I've read a lot of stories at Crystal's site, and this is undoubtedly among the best I've read.  Thank you, Brandy, for presenting someone a lot like me - well except for the looks... I'm a crossdresser and my femme side is important to me, however I am a man and like being a man.  I am not interested in other men.  It's quite a balancing act, as many CD's know.  The predictable end to this story would have been that Tami falls in love with the pilot at the ski lodge, has surgery and marries him.  You handled the plot with so much more sophistication.  Wonderful story, Brandy.  Thank you!

Angie

A great story, one that brings realism and emotion in to a great setting. I have a step brother who is a crossdresser and lives with
me and he finished the story in one evening. I/we would like to be able to read more about these people and their lives. I would hope that tim continues to dress at least in lingerie.

Mary Davis

Perfect!

W H A T  M O R E   C A N  O N E  SAY  ????????

A beautiful story, well thought out and with deep insight. A joy to read.

Well written, brilliant story, sensitively and sensibly written.

I've come across this some years after it was posted on Crystal's site - thank goodness I did!   Thank you soooooooo much Brandy for this sensitive and believable story.  It's beautifully paced and leads the reader in to each new chapter.    I had hoped that the Hairdresser's skills would have been brought out more in detail in the later chapters,  but perhaps now "they" are an "item",  well nearly,  the next chapter or two could dwell on Tami's changing looks, including hair colours and make-up and styles,  as well as her/him developing a wonderful wardrobe.

Luv & huggz
Ginger

Delightful.  I'm not sure how I'd missed reading this before now, but I'm glad I found it.

Well, as Tim said, "Wow". Beautiful story, beautifully written, with real emotion, characterization and plot. Bravo, Brandy!

Love them, love them all.  They take a lot of time to read but as long as it touches me in the right places, I can live with them.  I'm an enforced feminized TV but like I said, it keeps me excited in the right places which means that it ain't all gone yet.  That's like I used to be Raymond but Mistress made me into Rachel.

Luv
Rachel Rae

Just love it, it is a great story.  Please keeep writing i like your style very much and if you have a fan club let me know i want in.

Lucky was the best written and most compelling story I've read in many a moon.  Each chapter ended with me hungering for the next.  After a while I had figured out how it would end - as a love story.  But HOW it would get to that ending was the hook that keeps one on the line.

I went through a similar loss as Tim's recently, and although I was unable to accept it in the same manner Tim did, I can understand his approach and sometimes wish I could have done the same thing, but it happened under quite different circumstances and wouldn't have worked. Nevertheless, I loved it.  

More "somewhat realistic" stories such as this would remain in my memory far longer than the magic and science fiction approach found in many others.  I often read them, too - but I'd really like to see another "realistically possible" story such as Lucky.

Hugs

Eve

To anyone who hasn't read it please start at 01 and flow.

To Brandy, darling if you ever give up this style of writing you should try soap operas because you really know how to hook the reader.

It was great.    

Just finished "Lucky" while on my current business trip to Detroit. (I live in Baton Rouge, LA). I loved every line of the story. You are a talented writer. I look forward to reader another of your works soon.
Valerie

This is simply the best written story I have seen in a long time. The movement from Tim to Tami was done thoughtfully, and as others have pointed out, the reflection we see in the mirror is what we need or want most, and Tami found that out. Well done Brandy!  

Congratulations on a thoughtful and interesting story. It was a reason to log on every day to read the next installment. One of the very best.

luv

Paula

  I waited until the end to comment because I wanted to take in the whole, for it is greater than the sum of the parts. The "whole" is what you write about so well. We are all part and parcel both Tami and Tim and when we can see that in ourselves we too are whole. Only you are able to make the point with grace and dignity in your stories. It's so much about appearance and yet in reality so little that makes the mirror you hold up require reflection on our part. Please keep polishing your mirror that we may continue to look.

Brandy, you are a horrible tease. Each day you add just enough to drive your adoring fans, myself included, to distraction, and then you close for the day. I  know that anticipation makes the result sweeter, but my anticipation is already sufficiently arroused. This story is just too awesome, and I have vowed not to try and predict where you are taking the plot with all the awesome twists and surprises you are using on these five adorable characters.  Keep up the great work, just try and double the amount each day, or triple or quadruple.

[After reading Chapter 8]: This story just keeps getting better
& better.

Pervy

Well written and it holds a certain fascination. Very believable & thats so important.

Great

luv

Paula

This is a love story or maybe a romantic novel that happens to have TV elements in it. The dressing is done to remember a lost love, a wife that was very much a part of the widower. But love is also shared by those around him. A very good work by Brandy!

This is such a lovely story about love, understanding and caring. While the TG aspect is growing, it is the underlying love that carries this story so well.
The developement of the plot and characters is quite well done. The flow of the storyline is smooth and easy to follow. I found myself thinking 'I know that person', or even imagining being one of the characters. The gentleness of each of the people is something I especially enjoyed.
I read the first three parts in one sitting, and wish I could simply turn the page to continue. I look forward to reading the next chapters.

Brandy, it's a beautiful story, and very well written.  Can't wait for the next chapter.  Anticipating our hero(ine)getting into dresses and makeup.  Thank you for writing it. Please don't keeping us hanging out there waiting for the transitioning.

This is one of the most deeply moving stories of love and loss that I have ever read--rated four hankies! You'll find it a good test of the waterproof capacities of your mascara, as you read about a grief-stricken widower who wants to remember his wife in some specific ways.