Though we were born into the freedom to show our ankles, we seem to have been born without the good sense to know where to draw the hem and when to cover our delightful gams up. There comes a time in every woman’s life when she feels it may be time to put away the mini skirts of her past. The problem is this seems to happen at a different time for every woman. The generally believed rule places the wall at age 35, but as we know, one rule rarely has the omnipotence to govern every situation. This rule, particularly, falters on many key points, such as, the roles the woman assumes throughout her life, her level of fitness, and the way she wants the world to see her. Continue reading
Identity
What’s in a Name?
Once a matter of tradition, choosing a name for your baby has now become a competitive event. Whether it be obscure, newly minted, or an unusual spelling of a common name, the race to come up with the most unique name is on, but is this really the time and place to flaunt your apparent creativity? Continue reading
Identity in Introspect
We spend our childhood and our teens forming our identity, and then one day in our twenties we wake up with the urge to find that identity that we weren’t aware we had lost. For me, this day has come, and I’m beginning to wonder just how far I’m going to have to look before I spot my true self standing on the horizon of my life. Continue reading