Mariah Stearns:  

2018 update Life I live with my wonderful genderfluid spouse Jamie, who started out just as my husband when we got married. We have been married just over a year now and living in Phoenix together since January of 2017. A few months ago we lost our cat Midnight due to a tumor so we are now just down to one dog Sheila. We eventually plan on getting another cat, however only after we buy a house. Starting after Memorial day I will working in the same call center with my love Jamie which will be amazing and was goal all along. For the last year I had worked in a call center related to SXM while also supervising agents. For over 11 years I took care of my disabled mom and brother which I had been doing for many years. We used to have 3 pets which I truly adored except for when they got into mischief. 2 cats (Midnight and Tabitha) and one dog named Sheila. Now we are just down to Sheila. I'm now in a different relationship with a wonderful person that I love more than anything. Jamie asked me to marry them September 2016. The plan was for a wedding July of 2017, however we had to move it up to January do to my mom's health along with selling the house. I had the last piece fixed of what was physically wrong with my body since I was young. I left Washington State after having lived their for just over 39 years last year.. I had lived there my entire life until January 2017. It made sense for us to live in Arizona instead of Washington State. The previous relationship opened me to love for the first time and for that it made it possible for me to fall in love with my amazing spouse. It was a learning experience, but a much needed one. Balancing work and Cystinuria is still a ch...Expand for more