Still Here. Still Wearing Mica (Shade 620)

I created this blog years ago when “slapping on some lipstick” felt like a reasonable strategy for almost anything.

Not just about appearance, but about momentum. A small act of readiness. A way of saying: “I don’t have it all figured out, but I’m going anyway.”

And while I’ve owned hundreds of lipsticks over the years, there’s one shade that somehow always finds its way back into my purse: L’Oréal Mica. A reliable little constant since high school. 

Not because life is always light enough for lipstick—but because sometimes it isn’t, and you still have to show up anyway.

Now I’m back in a different season.

A quieter house after years of raising children who are now grown and building lives of their own.

A body that feels different than it used to and occasionally demands more attention than I’m used to giving it.

A season of navigating health changes, shifting energy, and learning to pay attention to things I used to push past without much thought.

And a career shift I didn’t expect, re-entering a job market that feels both familiar and completely new at the same time.

None of it is dramatic on its own. But life rarely arrives all at once anyway.

I don’t write here because I have answers. I write because I notice things. Because if I don’t put them somewhere, they tend to stay louder than I want them to be.

And because I still believe in that older instinct—to start where you are, even if you’re not entirely ready for where you’re going.

So yes… consider this my re-entry.

And if you need it too—slap on some lipstick.