#40swoman

[vintageclan-blog]

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[dawnspiration-blog]

Loving & Knowing Who You Are, Aging with Grace

This is me at 41. I’ve never had any Botox or filler partly because of fear and partly because with every year, I look a little bit more like my mother in the mirror, and I love that. I’ve never colored my hair. I attribute that to having a childlike-exuberant spirit about 38 years younger than my body is today. Don’t worry. I also found my first gray hair last month - which a few of my oldest friends in Texas will appreciate. I sometimes use photo filters - I call it “Photox,” (😂) but I never filter my words or my heart.💗 I’ve used @LaMer since I was 20 years old, working in Neiman Marcus, even when my bank account had no business buying it. I work out more now than I ever have in my life. I drink wine every day. I take a bubble bath every night I kiss the man I love every day and night. I thank God for all three of those things every single day. I have books to write that I still need to finish. And, I have books I’ve written that I haven’t had the courage - or, time - to send to publishers. And, while I sometimes struggle with early morning anxiety - that sometimes wakes me up in a panic - once my nerves settle, every single morning, I get excited for the day in front of me and what’s up ahead. I worry that I don’t make enough time for my friends due to my hectic schedule. I worry that I spend too much time worrying. I get to travel. I get to play pretend for work. I get to curate and host parties as part of my “paying job.” The most common word I use is “excited.” And, the word I never use is “bored.” I get to meet hundreds of people every week and hug them and laugh with them and cry with them and get to know them in a way I never would have the opportunity to if I didn’t do exactly what it is that I do. And, all I can think is how one little seed of a dream can grow into one big, perfectly imperfect life...and, how at 41, I finally look in the mirror and, smile at myself - sometimes even laughing - rather than decimating myself the way I used to. Because at 41, I have come to know who I am, love who I am, and accept all of those “flaws” as gifts that make me different from anyone else on this planet. And, I’ve always liked being different.☺️ 📷: Nick Yedinak at The Ritz-Carlton Bacara, Santa Barbara — at The Ritz-Carlton Bacara, Santa Barbara.