Dreaming. It’s what I’ve always done. Even when the dreams feel impossible, like now, at almost 50. I’m still dreaming. I dream of being better of doing better, doing nothing, being happy, accumulating wealth and life long health. I dream of being a good mother, wife, daughter, sister, aunt, niece, cousin and friend. There are […]

I’ve never experienced anxiety around chronological aging. Hope I never do. However, I have experienced lots of anxiety about aging and not having done the things I’ve always wanted to do. In essence, growing.  One of the best gifts I gave myself was a self-care sabbatical, where I discovered so much healing and so many […]

Four years ago I stopped dying my hair. I had been dying for two years prior to calling it quits. The first two years I dyed two to three times per year using regular dyes. Then I switched to henna the last two years. Truthfully, neither made much of an impact. They provided coverage for […]