When worsening allergies forced Gale O’Brien to make a heartbreaking decision about her beloved dog, Annie, she confronted a larger truth: sometimes caring for ourselves means making choices we never imagined we’d have to make.
Author: Gale O'Brien
Gale O’Brien is a writer, artist, wine connoisseur, life coach, and the award-winning author of the book Transformation: Creating an Exceptional Life in the Face of Cancer available from Amazon.com. She’s also the founder of the Passione Per L’Arte blog. A former schoolteacher, Gale knows how to set an intention to live and pursue a passionate, exceptional life. She enjoys spending her free time with family, friends, and her dog. Gale lives in New Mexico where she is inspired by the people and the art culture of the Southwest.
What is Beauty?
During the height of the global pandemic, I celebrated my 60th birthday. This was indeed a major milestone. In New Mexico, Salons were shut down, then reopened, then shut down again, and later reopened. All around me I saw women panicking about their beauty. How would they handle the grow out of gray hair, lack of perms and haircuts, and, worse, they so desperately needed their nails done. It was a crazy time for everyone. As I blew out my birthday candles, I realized that I had been coloring my hair for 32 years!!! OMG! For more than half my life, I had been applying toxic hair dye to my scalp every three weeks.
Cherish and Honor Your Friendships
Friends keep you balanced when the rest of your world feels like it’s spinning out of control. What I know now more than anything else, is to cherish and honor my friendships!