Women Over 40 Rock!

It’s everywhere! Women being ignored after 40 or 45, that is. I recently discovered “a website just for post-meopausal women” put together by two Austrailian women, Camille Cain and Raema Hayes, the Loris & Lucy of Loris and Lucy.com With over 2 million post-menopausal women in Austrailia, it seemed to them the perfect way to try and counter ageism and prejudice while providing info on health, support groups and other issues, all with a little humor and good will thrown in. - I even got a copy of their book, “LORIS & LUCY’S LATER LIFE GUIDE“- Tackling later years with gusto, good health and guts.”
While some of the writing and advice is, of course, for those who live in Australia, the vast majority hits home for all of us in this age group. There are chapters on exercise, skin care, bone health, continence, arthritis, meditation, nurturing yourself, memory and 22 other subjects close to our hearts at this age. There are hints and recipes throughout…15 for relieving dry mouth alone. Here’s one of their recipes for natural do-it-yourself hair care: ” For Moisture - 1 avocado, peeled and mashed, 1/2 C. organic moisture treatment, 1/2 tsp. olive oil. Blend by hand, apply lavishly to freshly shampooed hair, wrap in plastic, wrap in hot towl, pour glass of bubbly and rinse when all the bubbly beads are gone!” How can anything that includes a glass of bubbly not be just what the doctor ordered?? (I might be tempted to leave it on for two glasses of bubbly, myself.) And Loris & Lucy appear in humorous photos throughout the book pointing up messages in each chapter…a little reminiscent of Lucy and Ethel (and if you’re as old as me, I don’t have to tell you who that is).
So it seems that women over 45 everywhere are starting to raise their fists and demand that society take notice. Good for them! And good for all of us!!!
Judith Austrailia-has-more-than-kangaroos Drake, blogger for In the Trenches Productions, The First Entertainment Site to Celebrate the Power and Beauty of Women Over 40.