Lughnasadh 2009

This is the season of changes. For me, a peri-menopausal woman, things are always changing. My children are grown and I am now a grandmother of five beautiful granddaughters. I don’t feel as if I am a “Mother” but I am not a Crone yet either. It is a place somewhere in between.

It is amazing how our body changes as we age - whether we want it to or not. Today I had my annual eye examination. The doctor told me my over 40s eyes will need glasses soon. There was a little change from last year but not enough for me to wear glasses all the time. So for now I will continue with my readers for “up close” work. But the fact is that next year I will probably be wearing glasses.

It is hard to accept sometimes that I am getting older. I look in the mirror and I wonder what happened to the young woman that I was 20 years ago. That woman was so full of dreams with so much life a head of her. I am not that woman anymore. I am a stronger woman after facing so many challenges. I am a more independent woman with my children grown. I am a woman a couple of years this side of 50 with much of my path behind me but much more ahead of me. I am up for the challenge of the rest of my life.

Blessings of the season,

Dawn