Tell me, are you a late bloomer?

“I was a late bloomer. But anyone who blooms at all, ever, is very lucky.”—Sharon Olds.

The first time I read that line from poet Sharon Olds, I’m pretty sure I audibly gasped. It took me until I got sober 7 years ago to fully feel into the luckiness of it. For most of my life, I just felt like I’d missed all of it: the mark, the boat, the opportunity. But now I feel like Sharon with the caveat that if I’d kept drinking, I’d surely be one of the unlucky ones.

I got to talk about this at length with my friend Lori Massicot  on her podcast, To 50 And Beyond. Felt good to be on a podcast again…hmmm. Hope you’ll give it a listen!

Being a late bloomer will also be a topic we will be exploring soon in my online subscription community, The Midlife Solution. If this pricks your interest, I hope you’ll join us. Late bloomers unite!

Every day this week, I’m dropping new Fall items a few at a time and posting them on Instagram. Wheeee! I am prepping inventory for a reuse fashion show (that I’m also helping to produce) with Austin Creative Reuse, so I am very much in my creative flow space. Let me know if you see something you like!

If this is late bloomin’, I’ll take it.