Dear Elderhood

What wisdom you offer! The time of a long lived life and the reflection of how life could be seems to be one of the many gifts of being an elder woman. Perspective and confidence to speak up in ways that offer others a new approach to life is such a gift. Being able to drop the social pressure of fitting in to a particular image of the feminine, and being a woman in our modern culture is much easier now. Confidence and grace. Patience and reflection. This is what elderhood has offered me so far, and I am super grateful.