peace

Have you ever had high expectations concerning a situation in your life? For example, you’ve been searching for a new job. You have tons of experience with high-profile employers and figure that not only will you get hired, but you’re sure to be offered a substantial salary. Because you’re so good, you will most likely get promoted within a year…

Forty. 40. Four-tee. 4-0. I keep rolling this number over my tongue. Tasting it. Trying to see what it feels like to say it. No matter how I tell it to myself and others, it’s the same thing. I am officially a forty-year-old woman. I’ve been saying “I’m almost forty” for a few years, but now that the day has…