The Pits and Pieces

Last month, I introduced a group of women bloggers I belong to – Seasoned Voices. We meet monthly to talk about the stage of life we’re in, how we’re navigating it, what concerns us, what brings us joy, along with common and diverging ideas and themes. The conversations are always stimulating and thought-provoking. For our winter blogging discussion, we decided to each respond to this quote: “ With age, I am able to savor the winter of my life – the quiet, the depth, the slow-burning light of my own company ” – May Sarton. Our conversation inevitably took a downward turn when we talked about how our bodies change with age, imperceptibly at first, then speeded up, and how the medical field has ignored women’s bodies and symptoms for years. Medical attention to women’s bodies, including how menopause affects us, may be improving now, but we were the generation (and the ones before us) who got short shrift. We hope the younger generations (Millennials, Gen Z) are paying closer attention, ...