I'm well and truly into menopause. My cycle is fluctuating wildly, settling for a while at an odd but at least predictable 6 weeks and then swinging annoyingly into 3 weeks. I get weepy, anxious, depressed, frustrated, angry in turns for no obvious reasons.
And to add to my joy?
"Mom? Why do my nipples hurt?" says Josie. Hurt how? "I dunno, they just sorta hurt. And my chest is kinda lumpy." I'd already noticed her waist thinning a little and her hips rounding a bit. On closer inspection, it was pretty clear: Girl you'll be a woman soon. Her hair is getting oilier and she's starting to have meltdowns over little things. Based on my own age when I started, the ages of the other women in the family when they started, and her own recent changes, I give her two years tops to join us women.
I'm so not ready for this.
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