I was young once.
To all my female friends from 40 years and up:
Most of us are going through the next phase of our lives.
We're at that age where we see wrinkles, gray hair, and extra pounds.
We have raised families,
run households,
paid the bills,
dealt with diseases,
sadness, and
everything else life has assigned us.
We are survivors.
We are warriors in the quiet.
We are women, like a classic car or a fine wine.
We shall all enter this chapter of our lives with humility,
grace, and pride over everything we have been through,
and we should never feel bad about getting older.
It's a privilege that is denied to so many.
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