Saturday night. 2:30 a.m. The Vegas strip. I’d wound my way out of a red-tinged dance club in the Venetian, exhausted and lost, my white lace dress annoyingly hiking up my sunburned legs. My hair was sweaty. My lipstick wasn’t really a thing anymore, and my shoes that were chosen for both their glitter content & comfort level were rubbing that place on the back of my heel that made me want to cry.
And as I strode past the throngs of Vegas drunks, decked to the nines and putting money in machines, I couldn’t help but think how unbelievably and mind-blowing happy I was. Because despite being alone, lost, and tired, I wasn’t scared.