what do you go through when you realize that you have an attraction to children? Or, is that even the right question?

It's a very good question. For me it was an experience that was exhilerating and wonderful but at the same time downright frightening. It was wonderful in the way that I was finally being honest with myself and had discovered this beautiful new world that I'd never known. It was frightening of course to discover that I was "one of them" ie one of those evil pedophiles who commit all sorts of heinous crimes against children. Nothing could be further from the truth of course, those that know me know that I'm the most harmless and trustworthy person you could ever meet and that I'm not a danger to anyone. The trouble is, that causes a lot of internal conflict, society tells me I'm a monster when I know I'm not.

What is the number one thing you would want people to know about this community?

In a nutshell, that we're all ordinary people living ordinary lives (except for this dark secret we have) and society's stereotypes of us are wrong.