After Hours

There comes a point in life when you realize nobody prepared you for this stage. Not the hot flashes. Not the sleepless nights. Not the strange feeling of looking in the mirror and recognizing yourself while also wondering who you're becoming. And certainly not trying to navigate menopause while your children are becoming adults. Because while they're figuring out who they are, you're trying to figure out who you are now. And some days, that's a lot. The Unexpected Collision

Sometimes healing finds us when we’re not even looking. Join me on an unexpected journey of self-discovery — one that began with a funeral and ended with finding forgotten pieces of myself. Some journeys don’t start with a plan.They start with a phone call, a plane ticket, and a quiet ache that settles somewhere deep in your chest. I didn’t know this trip — this goodbye — would also be a beginning. I was traveling to my grandmother’s funeral, but I was also traveling back to