tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209784842011-04-21T16:08:03.604-07:00Woman of a Certain AgeA place to vent my thoughts, insecurities and hopes as my body becomes something other than the person who inhabits it.A Woman of a Certain Agehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00783659808865555103noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20978484.post-55995728837257771772007-05-24T16:59:00.000-07:002007-05-24T17:07:28.359-07:00What Book are You Reading?About 20 years ago, my mother sent all her daughters one of those "everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know" books about menopause.I was a long way off, so I tucked it away somewhere. In my various moves, I must have sold it a garage sale, because when I needed it (earlier this year), I couldn't find it.I dragged my feet getting a replacement. Finally, I went to my local bookstore."Do you have a copy A Woman of a Certain Agehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00783659808865555103noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20978484.post-42644410851431817432007-05-24T16:53:00.000-07:002007-05-24T16:58:05.637-07:00It's BegunOkay then. It's begun.Just last month.While my body has been changing for several years, this last month, evidence that I've entered "The Change" is pretty damn evident:I skipped a month.I'll just be sitting here, doing nothing, minding my own business, when a WAVE of heat washes through me.I'll wake up in the middle of the night and although not sweating, I'll be very warm and kick off the A Woman of a Certain Agehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00783659808865555103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20978484.post-1137256826268509502006-01-14T08:32:00.000-08:002006-01-14T08:58:22.576-08:00On Becoming a Woman of a Certain AgeI've started this blog because as I reach the end of my 40s, I'm increasingly experiencing a disconnect between what I feel and what I see in the mirror. (Who IS that person? When did I become HER? What's happening to my SKIN, for God's sake?! I FEEL like a 25-year-old, but dear heaven: what's THAT in the mirror?!)For example, while inside, I feel like this:clearly this is not what I LOOK like A Woman of a Certain Agehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00783659808865555103noreply@blogger.com0