“All of us will face the loss of physical function as we grow into elderhood and, if we live long enough, some degree of frailty is inevitable — but the knowledge and inner strengths we’ll have accumulated through the long years of our experience are no small consolation.
“So often, in the contemporary discourse around middle age, women are encouraged to cling to fading youth at all costs. Menopause is presented as a medical condition that needs to be managed … [instead of as an entry to] new and deeper gifts.”
