Role Reboot

To Gray Or Not To Gray? On Hair Dye And Aging

It’s as if gray-haired women have become an endangered species. And this is a shame, because I’m starting to warm up to the idea that aging hair can be beautiful. As I approach my 40th birthday, I’ve observed an interesting trend among women my age and older: patches of gray or white hair are nowhere to […]

What I Want My Daughter To Know About Aging

I want my daughter to see aging as the expansive process it can be. I want her to remain curious about, and not just terrified of, what’s inevitable about being alive: It is all temporary. I was present for my maternal grandmother’s death. It happened while she was in hospice care at my mother’s home, […]