ROFL "daywalkers" ... You're making us sound like zombies, Jen! :-)
Having been out only a handful of times, none of them was at night, other than to run through a drive-through. Yes, I know the irony of being a tranny eating at chickfila ... Dat chicken though! The well groomed young go-getter at the window called me "ma'am" and said "it's my pleasure", so it's all good LOL.
Gawd! Beard shadow is my worst, most persistent foe ... Like Seinfeld's "NEUMANN!" It is a little harder to hide under bright lighting. I think honestly it's more the lingering texture than it is the color coming through. Highly directional light is the worst, like track lighting, spotlights, or noonday sun ... It just catches all the little dimples casting thousands of little shadows and if you're up close its like a freakin' lighthouse .. a thousand watt stubble beacon, LOL. Making me seriously consider laser or electro in the future ... Ugh!
There really is something beautiful about owning your vulnerability in broad daylight for all to see ... Owning it and then not letting that affect your plans. Going out as you, being the best you that you can be, looking in the mirror and liking what you see, even though under imperfect lighting and at the wrong angle, it's not perfect ... Flaws and all ... "This is me and I will not be ashamed of it".
