The 40-Year-Old Verdict

Over 40. It has its benefits. Big Benefits. You realize how much time you wasted criticizing your looks, your manners, your bad days, your moods, your choices, your relationships, your family, your mistakes.

All that time regretting, picking on yourself, and feeling bad about your skin, legs, stomach, and toes, was time not spent noticing

How perfect your 20-year-old skin is;
How lush your 30-year-old hair looks;
How wonderful your friends are;
How, from a distance, your family is quite normal;

Wisdom is knowing that the Greeks prized long middle toes. And so do I.

The best things about over 40 are small acceptances that add up to loving yourself.


The Big Benefit, is finally knowing that you have always been da bomb.

Weather Hair

What I love about curly hair:
Curly eyelashes.
What I hate about curly hair:
Hair should not act as a barometer. If it’s dry out, I’m golden. The perfectly formed curls are the envy of all and, as everyone without curly hair says, people pay good money to have hair like that. Sure, on a good day. But if there is a touch of moisture in the air and those curls turn into a frizzy untamable fright, you wouldn't wish that mess on your worst enemy.