I’ve been around the block.

(No, not like that. Keep your mind out of the gutter.)

I’m just shy of 50, but my odometer reads closer to 95. I’ve lived through more chapters by lunch than most people hit in a decade, making Lifetime movies look like plain vanilla on a slow Tuesday.

Pageant crowns

A house that looked perfect from the street

A collapse nobody saw coming

And a way back out that I'm still walking

 I only tell you about the shiny stuff so you understand exactly what was about to break. I'll give you a hint: it wasn't cheap to fix