Houska Castle in the Czech Republic is said to hide a bottomless pit leading straight to Hell. Legend has it, prisoners could be pardoned if they were lowered into the pit and reported what they saw. One man, pulled up screaming, emerged with white hair and a wrinkled face, as if he'd aged decades in moments.
That’s what I thought of when I found my first white hair. How come I have white hair already? Then I remembered plucking my mom’s white hairs as a kid. "Mom, I have to stop, or you’ll have a bald spot." The next day, she came home blonde.
Now, white hairs are creeping in, along with a few extra pounds and more fatigue. "Well," I thought, "middle age it is. Let’s see if this pit leads to Hell or if there’s a Starbucks down there instead!"