Why did I break up with Elvis? It was difficult to watch his slow demise. Linda Thompson More Quotes by Linda Thompson More Quotes From Linda Thompson Our uniqueness, our individuality, and our life experience molds us into fascinating beings. I hope we can embrace that. I pray we may all challenge ourselves to delve into the deepest resources of our hearts to cultivate an atmosphere of understanding, acceptance, tolerance, and compassion. We are all in this life together. Linda Thompson experience hope together life Being transgender, like being gay, tall, short, white, black, male, or female, is another part of the human condition that makes each individual unique, and something over which we have no control. We are who we are in the deepest recesses of our minds, hearts and identities. Linda Thompson black gay unique white Just try to do the right thing, and that's immediate karma: 'I feel good about myself.' Linda Thompson do-the-right-thing feel good myself That's the spirit in which I went to New York to be with my husband, and when I knocked on the hotel door, she opened the door as Caitlyn as we now know her - full makeup and fully dressed as a woman. So it was devastating to me to see because I had envisioned Bruce opening the door, but it was helpful in my process. Linda Thompson woman me makeup husband I thought I knew what love was before giving birth to my baby, but whatever I had experienced in the past paled in comparison to the utterly unconditional love I immediately felt for the little bundle I now held in my arms. Linda Thompson thought baby love past People get a little sidelined thinking that fame and fortune is going to bring them happiness, peace and contentment in their lives. Everyone thinks they want to be famous until the paparazzi are in their face, and then they're asking, 'Just give me some privacy.' Linda Thompson me happiness peace people I have four chickens. I have four laying hens. And I have 50 fruit trees. I make apricot and plum jam every summer. I brought Memphis to Malibu. Linda Thompson trees make fruit summer I think we do people a great disservice by putting them on a pedestal and not allowing them to be human. Linda Thompson human great think people I never felt more loved than when I was with Elvis. Linda Thompson than loved more never When Elvis came out on stage, it became electric. And the way people responded to him was such that, you know, I never saw that kind of response toward any other performer. Linda Thompson never you people way As life has a way of unfolding as it is meant to, I have learned to trust life. Linda Thompson i-have-learned trust life way We only do harm to ourselves when we harbor resentment and vitriol toward another. I do believe that everything is forgivable; some things are inexcusable but forgivable. Linda Thompson some everything things believe I have fabulous sons, but unfortunately, they both have that thrill-seeker gene - bigger, higher, faster, scarier. I have a deal with God. If I'm breathing, that's a prayer for my sons' safety. Linda Thompson fabulous safety prayer god Elvis was sincere, and he was - he was so loyal. And he was so homespun. He loved his mother, he loved America. You know, he loved his fellow man. He had a great humanitarian philanthropic sense. Linda Thompson great you man mother Honestly, I was so happy for Bruce because I loved Bruce... and Bruce felt like my brother. You know, I wanted him to be OK, and I was just thrilled he'd found someone who had four children and someone who understood what it was like to be a parent - you know, just to have that great family life again. Linda Thompson family brother life children Bruce was famous, but not 'Elvis famous.' He was confident and lighthearted. Comfortable in his own skin. Or so it seemed. Linda Thompson confident skin own comfortable She didn't want to disrupt her family. She didn't want to lose her family; she didn't want to hurt her children. She struggled. It was a lifelong struggle for her, being in Bruce Jenner's body. Linda Thompson family hurt struggle children Caitlyn seems so much happier and freer in her feminine self. Linda Thompson her feminine self seems I completely accept, respect, and support Caitlyn, but I must admit, I sometimes miss Bruce. Linda Thompson accept respect support sometimes The Bruce I knew back then was an easygoing, down-to-earth, casual, romantic, good and loving man. I was extremely happy to have found such a remarkable partner with whom to share my life. Linda Thompson good man romantic life
