Change is scary. Most people just refuse to do it. So I ask…why on God’s beautiful earth did anyone let this word become the catch phrase for women over 40 who will, by the way, already be having nervous breakdowns from increased cellulite and crows feet?
What cruel person coined the phrase for a women going though menopause, “the Change”?
No wonder we’re bracing ourselves for the worst.
Why do we have to go through.. YES, GO THROUGH “the Change”.
Wouldn’t a kinder idiom for women experiencing menopause be…
” More of the same just without the blood ” or
“The Opportunity”, short for, You can have sex without birth control
Or, this is my personal favorite:
“The Gift”: You’ve given so freaking much already, it’s your time to receive..
Come on, women, we need to take charge here and not be the victims of uneducated men!
Here’s what I think we should do;
All you powerful women out there go to your windows right now and open them…
No… not because you’re hot and need a cool breeze…
Just open them wide and stick your head out and yell, in your loudest voice,
Feel proud, take charge, heck bring a whole damn bottle of wine with you to that window. No glass, just swig and yell,
Yes…Yes….Yes I can be in midlife without changing the inner most glorious part of myself. I don’t need a sports car or a sexier younger husband to soften my launch into midlife as a stronger, wiser more powerful woman.
Then proclaim, I am and will ALWAYS be hormonal and I can handle it! Remember, wine is your friend and the only thing you need to change, at the moment, is the screen you forgot to remove before sticking your head out the window.
Now close that window, go inside, put on comfy sweats, lie on your couch and take a much-needed nap, knowing: Life is good.
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