WHEN A BIRTHDAY BECOMES MORE
September 25th… For years, this day has slipped by like any other. I’ve never been the type to circle my birthday on a calendar or count down the days in excitement, taking studio pictures and doing all the pre-birthday things. Once, I even forgot it altogether until someone called to wish me a happy birthday, and I laughed at how easily it slipped my mind. I’ve carried birthdays with a kind of quiet indifference. Not because life didn’t matter or I wasn’t grateful, no. But because I lived each day as though it was just another, and September 25th often passed without the need to make much of it. Yet… this year feels different. This year, September 25th carries more weight, more meaning, more light. Because this year, I’m not just celebrating my birth… I am also celebrating the birth of a dream. 25TH SCENTS. My brand. My vision. My identity. My little seed that has grown for a full year now. And for the first time, I feel the call to pause, unwind, breathe it all in — and truly c...