Being true to myself... As a grown up

I have spent years helping encourage Jordan to be herself. Be proud. Don't hide. As I've focused on those lessons, I've spent a consistent amount of time hiding something about me: My hair color. I started going gray when I was 18. That was a while ago and through the years, my hair has gotten whiter and whiter around my face. It got so consistently glowy, I had to dye my hair every three to four weeks.I'm not someone who has a lot of time to keep up with hair color. It stressed me out. I would get angry at myself for allowing it to continue. So this past December, I just quit. I started wearing headbands to hide the distinct line between the gray and brownish dye color in my hair. I wanted a solution. I really wasn't sure what was the solution.I had mentioned to my boss how I was working on going gray. She told me how our video team at AARP was hoping to do a video about going gray. It was a perfect fit. I got to be in a video about going gray.I had a chance to work with Katy at Cristophe Salon in DC while the AARP team shot a video with Barbara Hannah Grufferman's The Best of Everything YouTube series. With the help of my awesome friend, Sara, we told the story of my day of how #JenGoesGray on social media. Here's how it went: