Have you ever thought?

I came across this post on Facebook and I have added my own thoughts to it. I don’t know who the author is, but I am assuming it is a woman of a certain age. I have given an answer in non-italics from all the men who loved and continue to love you.

Have you ever thought: ‘I m fat.” I'm old.’ I'm worn out. “I was young once."?

To all my female friends from 50 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 see the cute 25-year-olds and reminisce. But we were also 25, just as they will one day be our age. We aren't the "girls in their summer clothes" anymore.

 “We don’t see the wrinkles, gray hair and extra pounds, we still see the girl in her summer clothes, the girl we fell in love with and with who we spent our lives.”

What they bring to the table with their youth and zest, we bring our wisdom and experience. We have raised families, run households, paid the bills, dealt with diseases, sadness, and everything else life has assigned us. Some of us have lost those that were nearest and dearest to us. We are survivors.

We are the lucky ones, you have kept us on the right path, you have been there for our children when we were absent; our children are better because of your love and your care. You have helped us through sadness, and all of life’s sorrows and we have celebrated together when we experienced life’s joys.

We are warriors in the quiet. We are women, like a classic car or a fine wine. Even if our bodies aren't what they once were, they carry our souls, our courage, and our strength. 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.

You do have a quiet strength, which we love. You are our soul, our courage and our strength, and our love. We are privileged to enter the final chapter of our lives with you. We are proud to be at your side and our hope is that we will pass on to the next chapter with you continuing to be at our side.