A Work in Progress

On our way out to the desert a couple weeks ago, I caught a glance of my face in the side mirror and was surprised to see how much I've aged recently. I froze for a moment, fully aware that I was standing at a crossroads and had two options:
Freak out and make myself miserable, spending the rest of my life fighting the inevitable, or:Roll with it.

Maybe it was because I was in such a happy, relaxed state of mind—we were on our way to Burning Man, after all—but miraculously, I was able to step t...