A Note from the Author :Relating my book to makeup was a way to connect the story to a woman’s day. Hiding a tired face with a stroke of blush, applying faux confidence with that perfect red lipstick... We conceal our experiences. And we judge a book by its cover. My intention in writing this book was to reveal—things I’ve shared a chunk at a time until I heard just one indication that I might be judged, or worse, gossiped about. Ugh. But one day we make the decision to un-conceal and remove the ‘cover-up’ that hides our flaws.