Not long after that, I found another. And another. Every time I looked, I had twice as many as I had had the last time. I decided this was the time to start experimenting with hair color. I went dark brown. I tried light brown. Red. Dark Purple. Nothing too crazy but it was all experimental and fun.

Then I lost interest and let it grow out. The greys started showing up with a vengeance. I realized if I was going to look my age (mid-twenties) I was going to have to make hair coloring a regular thing. By the time I reached 30 and had my first daughter, I could tell by my roots that the beautiful auburn was gone. Completely replaced with grey. If I laxed, I would get a skunk stripe along my part. Not attractive. With a new baby, job and more I didn’t have time to keep up with it. I tried to part it differently, tilt my head backward when talking to people, and more until I had a chance to cover it up. I didn’t like it, but it was a part of life for me. If it grew out a little too much, life didn’t end. I’d get to it when I could get to it.

I even had a person that I worked with at the time tell me he had noticed something about me when we had both attended a party over one weekend. He said it was something he was going to use to hurt me when he needed to in the future. Yes, he was mean and he sucked. I was tortured by this threat. I couldn’t figure out what he had figured out about me that would hurt me at an opportune moment. Finally, he told me he had noticed I needed to color my hair. He saw grey roots. THE HORROR! I laughed and was so relieved. Grey hair? Seriously. Ew ouch. That hurts. Whatever.

Because I had gone grey so young, it never really bothered me. I enjoyed renewing myself every 6-8 weeks and putting on a fresh color. I don’t enjoy the process, but I love the results. I still slightly vary my hair color every time I color it.

I have had grey hairs all my adult life. My paternal grandmother shared that she had begun to go grey at 18 too. You can’t mess with genetics. Now that I’m approaching the end of my thirties, I know several women that have begun to find greys and are having a hard time handling the change. It is a sign of growing older. I saw the sign about 20 years ago. I’m not ashamed or upset by my greys. They are a part of me. Sure I cover them up, I don’t want to look old. But I’m not affected by them like other women my age.

As I get older, I get more comfortable with who I am. I’m figuring it all out. But not everything. I still have a long way to go on my journey. I just hope I can handle the wrinkles, the reading glasses, the age spots, the aches and pains and the rest of the aging process as well as I live with my grey.

I’m the city editor for Denver Savvy Source. I held a contest to give away tickets to Disney on Ice this week in Denver. I put the wrong venue on my article. Ugh. Not only that, but my winner went to that wrong venue to claim her winning tickets. She was devastated, her kids were devastated and they missed the show.

She contacted me the next morning and my heart ripped out. I felt horrible. Awful. I wished I could turn back the clock and make it right for them. As a mom, I know what it’s like to handle that kind of disappointment with your children. It’s heart wrenching. Did I mention I felt awful?

Of course I had excuses for the mistake. I am a very detail-oriented person. Calendars up the wazoo, to do lists, planning, scheduling, double checking. I live my details. But when I posted this article, I was distracted. There’s a lot going on in my life right now…we’ve just put our first house on the market. Scary? Yes. Stressful? Immensely. I lost a good friend suddenly recently. There’s all the other life stresses and other issues to keep up with. And I’m working on overcoming a huge hurt. Auto pilot and out to lunch is an understatement.

That doesn’t excuse sending a family to the wrong location.

Fortunately, the Disney people are good people. Great people. They gave my winner a VIP ticket package for tonight. Thank you Disney…you prove once again that you are a class act.

For anyone in Denver who wants to see Disney on Ice it’s at the Denver Coliseum. Yes, I’ve doubled, triple and quadruple checked my facts. It’s at the Denver Coliseum March 10th-14th. And then it moves to the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland from March 18th-21st. Go to the Ticketmaster website for showtimes and ticket prices.

Discount Code:
Purchase a 4-pack of tickets for only $44 for weekday performances or receive $4 off weekend tickets by entering the code: MOM4 at: www.Ticketmaster.com or call 1-800-745-3000

(Minimum purchase of 4 tickets required for 4-pack; additional tickets above 4 can be purchased at $11 each.Offer not valid on Front Row or VIP seating. Cannot be combined with other offers. Service charges and handling fees will apply.)

Just to pour salt in my wounds…I had been looking forward to this show for months. I’ve heard it’s one of the best Disney ice shows out there. But my children have been sick and I came down with it in time for the show Wednesday. My family missed the show. The wonderful Disney people offered us additional tickets for tonight, but it didn’t work with scheduling. Disney is a class act.

I have always enjoyed Joy Behar and her insightful comments. I haven’t had a chance to check out her new show, maybe I should put that on my DVR too.

The View made it’s best decision by bringing on Whoopi Goldberg. I have always been a fan of Whoopi, but find her voice of reason on The View so refreshing, positive and most importantly true. Whoopi speaks not to politics, politicians or what’s polite. She says it as it is, doesn’t hold punches and puts it out there. Maybe Whoopi should run for public office.

Joy and Whoopi are my favorites, but I love all the girls, their Hot Topics and guests. I can’t wait to hear what will be discussed each day on The View.

Now you can win a trip to New York City with a friend to watch a taping of The View. Fill out the Mom Central survey by February 28th for a chance to win.

For a schedule or more on The View, check out their website.

I am a participant in a Mom Central campaign for ABC Daytime and will receive a tote bag or other The View branded items to facilitate my review.