Day 3 of 30 Days of Reclamation
October’s working her magic again. The air’s cooler, the light’s moodier, and everything around us is whispering change me too. That’s why I started this 30-day adventure — to ride the energy of the season and shift a few things inside myself while the world does its own turning. This isn’t about fixing or fussing. It’s about choosing what gets to bloom next.
Invisible? Oh honey, that’s camouflage.
I remember the first time I realized I wasn’t the one getting noticed.
My teenage daughter and I were shopping for back-to-school clothes — the annual mother–daughter duel between too short, too tight, and too expensive.
A group of early-twenties guys walked by, eyes glued to her. She was fourteen. Fourteen!
And me? Thirty-four.
Gut punch.
I wasn’t proud. I wasn’t jealous. I was protective — like a momma bear ready to swat any one of them who even thought about saying something. But I’d be lying if I said I didn’t feel that sudden sting of invisibility.
That was the day I first felt invisible.
At first, I thought I just needed to adjust — you know, recalibrate my sense of self.
I wish I could tell you that, at thirty-four, I took it all in stride and never missed a beat.
But alas… not so.
It took years — YEARS — to reconcile the lack of attention with my own sense of worth.
Like the rest of us, I was a well-trained circus seal: up every morning, full makeup, hot rollers sizzling on my scalp, fluffing that big head of hair like I was headed to an awards ceremony. Every damn day.
Only toned it down for church — gotta keep up appearances, right?
The Color of Angels
Our souls don’t have color.
They’re never truly invisible — only waiting for us to listen.The moment you stop reaching outward for validation and start listening inward for truth, your soul steps forward.
That’s when life begins to shimmer again.
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