The purpose of this blog is two-fold:
- a place for me to express my experiences of growing older as a current-day woman
- a place for people to respond to my experience.
- to be vulnerable through honesty
- to learn more about myself, soul and body
- to receive commentary from other women who have, are, or will be experiencing the naturally occurring and common events of the Big Three Nine and the years that follow it
- to inspire, comfort, and amuse those who take the time to read what I have to say
So, it begins... with a prayer, a joke, and a smile.
Prayer: Thank you God for the opportunity to express the experience of being a woman at 39 and Beyond. Thank you for giving me the means of reaching a greater community so that we can discuss the commonalities of being human, of being a woman. I ask that you bless this blog, that you give me the courage to share my experience of being an aging woman in a world that glorifies youth to an extreme. Lord, speak through me that my words may help me grow more comfortable in my skin and edify my readers. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Amen.
Joke: Courtesy of Abbott and Costello's Lost in a Harem (1945)
Jail Guard: Where were you born?
Costello: Under a sink.
Jail Guard: How do you know?
Costello: I heard water running.
Hopefully, you've provided the smile.
Cheers.
