I always said that our one dream, while we were in the paper dress phase, was to have someone slip us some inside details BEFORE a red carpet. You know, a sneak peek so that we could source materials ahead of time.

But most of all, I hope she knows that this is a record that should evolve with her. A record of who she is at any given time. And that that person can, and should be striving to learn and grow and change.

Because I can’t not.

we’ve always said that she’s an excellent traveler, and she is, except for this one habit

I’m one of those “you make your own luck” kind of people, anyway. But I don’t turn down free luck either.

I don’t know about you, but it’s been a few years since I started really feeling the “something is way off here” effects of social media. I blamed the pandemic for my social media fatigue, and I took extended breaks. But each time I returned, I found my willingness to stay, short-lived. Because too much of what I was seeing and reading seemed to be dialed up a notch, so to speak.

Language, visuals, and especially opinions – everything seemed to be dipped in napalm.