Turning 40 Wasn’t Easy, But it Was Beautiful
In the days leading up to my 40th birthday, I occasionally found myself in tears. The same emotional meltdown happened…
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In the days leading up to my 40th birthday, I occasionally found myself in tears. The same emotional meltdown happened…
Continue ReadingSome days I don’t even recognize the face staring back at me in the mirror. Where did these wrinkles come…
Continue ReadingDear 18-Year-Old Me, I write to you on the day before your 40th birthday. Life is good. There are…
Continue ReadingWho were you before? Back then? Before the lines, before the aches, before time took your strength away? Who were…
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Continue Reading1. You no longer care what people think. You own your style, your flaws, your awesomeness. You ain’t got time…
Continue ReadingSome say life begins at 40. I see it a little bit differently. Your forties, when bad things happen to…
Continue ReadingI remember when I was 20, while drenched in absolute ignorance, and the slew of twenty-first parties began. Some weekends…
Continue ReadingI want my daughter to be beautiful, like me. There, I said it. I want my daughter to be beautiful,…
Continue ReadingTechnically, she was my great aunt, but we called her Aunt Marjorie. For most of my childhood, it was Aunt…
Continue ReadingI’ve been in my 40s for a few years now, long enough to reflect on all the gifts life gives…
Continue ReadingI remember watching a Sex and the City episode in my early 30s when I was up late one night…
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