Hey friends.
Long time no speak. When was the last time we really sat down and chatted" Feels like ages to me. I’ve been a bit uninspired lately. Makeup is a hard, hard thing to tackle when the world feels like it’s falling apart. We’ve had a difficult two years haven’t we" We’ve been through BLM, we’ve had to deal with COVID, now the Russian Ukraine situation, and, and, and…it’s never ending isn’t it"
A friend of mine shared some bad news with me yesterday and I had to take a moment to meditate on it. Thinking about her made working, concentrating on work, and finally, trying to blog about beauty pretty hard. I really had to pull myself up and out of the stump I had fallen in worrying about her and how she was doing and feeling right now. It made me realize how much I’ve wanted to fix the world in the last two years (and even before all any of the things we’ve experienced went down) and how I actually can’t fix a lot of things. Death, war, making sure those who want for something get it….I try in my own little ways but am I making a difference" Donations, volunteering, making time to speak and care for friends, recycling, returning my cart to the front of the store and not letting it loose in the parking lot, making sure my elderly neighbor has what she needs when the snow comes in, etc…etc…..
I try.
I really do try.
And I have to remind myself each a...