OCTOBER 2026 THE EDITORIAL At 45, I'm beginning to ask myself a question I should have asked much sooner: Who am I beyond the roles I play for everyone else? FROM THE EDITOR I turned 45 this year, and lately I've been thinking about everything I've lived through. Looking back, I realize I've had many different versions of myself. I was a young woman trying to figure out adulthood. Then I became a wife. Then a mother. I spent many years as a stay-at-home mom, taking care of