BT·Mar 9Happy Birthday to the 1986 babies! It’s the year of joining the 40s club.Recently a friend expressed sadness at nearing the age of 40. Her face shrunk, her eyes became small. She seemed truly unhappy about it. I…A response icon2
Nadia Rahman·Dec 24, 2025Italy Travel Diary: My 40th Birthday Trip in Venice, Florence & RomeCelebrating a milestone birthday in the divine feminine in the Eternal City and beyond.A response icon2
Johnny V. Boykins·Dec 23, 2025Forty: A Year of BecomingTurning 40 is supposed to feel like a milestone, a clean line between “then” and “now.” But if I’ve learned anything this year, it’s that…
InNo Crime in Rhymin’byGregg SAPP·Sep 8, 2025Sonnet to Birthdays after FortyThe once glad birthday splurge, alas done — party’s over, the present bleeds anew, your personal festival’s spent and gone; the next day…
C. Meredith Luckett·Aug 24, 2025What a Year Taught Me About Grief…What happens after the funeral? A year of loss has shown me that grief doesn’t end, it changes… and so do we.
