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When was the last time that you gave yourself a day alone?  I mean, really alone. When you could shut out the demands of the world, the demands of family and friends, and even the demands of your job.  One of my favorite scenes in the movie “Eat, Pray, Love” is where Julia Robert’s character, Elizabeth Gilbert, gives herself a day alone (La Dolce Vita) during her journey of self-discovery.

Divorce often leads to someone moving out, be it us or our soon-to-be-exes, STBXs for short. Whether we were married for 3 years or 30, we accumulate STUFF. Big stuff, little stuff, funny stuff, stupid stuff. We may accumulate STUFF one piece at a time or in multiples of two or ten, but either way, before we know it, we have stuffed folders and shoe boxes and beautifully-papered cardboard containers and drawers and closets and attics with STUFF that only we, as the collectors, hold dear.

Rummaging through the bin of caps in the hall closet, I finally found one that accomplished what I wanted and needed. The cap had to hide the gray hair rapidly growing from my hairline as it replaced what was once dark brown hair. I also needed to maintain a little vanity to get me through what millions of women worldwide were experiencing. The lockdown meant that beauty salons were closed. So, like it or not, women were being forced to see and live with their gray hair.