So here I am in midway through life.

I JUST feel like I got that mom thing under control – cookin’ along, doing fine then …all of a sudden, these feelings stir in me – like deep feelings.  I want to write, I want to start a blog.  I want to talk with other women about how midlife is for them.

And then – my body starts to – change.  Almost imperceptibly at first, but things  seems to “shift”.  What is this?   I went to my OBGYN only to learn that this was going to go on for another 5 or so years??  Wait, what?

And this is just the start.  All those women fanning themselves desperately in the dead of winter – yep, that could be me soon.   The new look of leggings and oversized shirts because I no longer have a waist and where did that stomach come from?

How did this creep up on me? What next?  I needed resources.  The best, and most comprehensive, book I have found is Christiane Northrup’s The Wisdom of Menopause.  She talks about not only her own story, but symptoms and common strategies on getting through the “transition”.  I love that she talks about Midlife as “redefining creativity and home.”

Maybe it will all be ok.