Inspired by a time when women honored the body of the Goddess in their changing bodies, we are healing the shame that accompanies our bodies, our natural processes, and our aging. We refuse to spend our precious life energy hiding our bodies, disguising the signs of aging, and keeping the realities of our lives a secret. Rather, we celebrate the accumulation of our years and wisdom, and the changes in our bodies and lives. We choose relationships with women and men who have the depth and the courage to embrace all of who we are now and will become in the next decades of our lives. We choose partners who have acknowledged their own issues around women's bodies, natural processes, and aging. Partners who are not interested in women as ornaments. Partners who attract powerful women as partners, friends, and lovers.
Daughter of Woman, honor the body of the Goddess in your changing body. Celebrate the accumulation of your years and wisdom. Refuse to use your precious life energy disguising the changes in your body and life.
(Patricia Lynn Reilly, Imagine a Woman in Love With Herself)
I found the wonderful world of Online Women's groups about 6 years ago and I must say it has been one of the most wonderful tings that has ever happened to me. The cool thing about women is that, for the most part, we are social animals. We come together through just about everything in our lives over coffee, ice cream and kleenex. Well, through these groups, I can have a virtual version of this sisterhood when I'm unable to have it in real life.
