Why I Celebrate My Birthday Like It’s a National Holiday
In this Carmen Talk, I’m diving into a topic we all pretend to joke about but secretly stress over — aging. And you know me, I’m not here to sugarcoat anything or pretend I’ve got it all figured out. I’m just sharing the truth of how I got here.
I talk about why birthdays have always felt like a blessing to me, how growing up without consistent adults shaped the way I see time, and what it meant to lose my mom when she was only 49. Those early years taught me something I didn’t even understand until much later: getting older is the goal.
We also get into the fun stuff — the stages of life we…
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