Women Complicated? Women’s bodies are such a mystery!   We are called ‘complicated’ by men. We are called ‘moody’ at times. They have no clue!  Women endure the menstruation and cramping during their younger years. We carry items as large as watermelons in our uterus for months.  Our bodies contort and contract until we push this watermelon sized human being out through a tiny space,  and then have these tiny beings sucking on our engorged breasts that drip with milk all day and night. We spend the next year or so trying to return our bodies to normal again… only to repeat the cycle.    Brief Sigh of Relief Then we…

Almost to the day of turning 50 I went through menopause. Like I said in an earlier post, I wanted to do this naturally, without having to be on medication.  I thought that natural was the best.  I am slowly learning that it is a choice that each individual should make on their own. But for me, doing it naturally was not the best.  At first I couldn’t put my finger on what was wrong.  I had survived the night sweats and the daily bouts of bursting into flames from the inside-out.  And I was proud of myself for experiencing this phase of my life.  In one of my favorite books,…