I recently attended some of your workshops at the Write! Saskatoon conference and found them very helpful. You encourage emerging writers to define themselves.

I also wanted to comment on your new ‘look’. I haven’t colored my hair, for several reasons. I like to be different. It’s expensive. With seven kids, I don’t have time to look in mirrors. Friends have died before they were old enough to turn grey, so my own grey hairs were a sign of the blessing of longevity. Besides, I thought, I really didn’t have too many.

But yesterday, I got new glasses. Bifocals even. And the first thing I thought when I looked in the mirror at the optical store was, “Man, am I old!” There were long grey hairs sticking out in all kinds of places that I never saw before.

So now I’m thinking that I either have to return the glasses, or find out how committed I am to going ‘au naturelle’. It’s encouraging to find that there are other women who are happy with the way they are, and who once again, inspire us to ‘define ourselves’. Thanks.