"a CERTAIN AGE"

Women who are defined as being "of a certain age have, because of circumstances and sometimes necessity, been content to be cast to one side when it comes to acceptability within the community.  For some reason greying hair and wrinkles are seen to be "over the hill" and "worn out".  The words senior or elder take on all sorts of connotations, most of them negative.

Well, have I got something to say about that!  I may be greying and wrinkling and slowing down and have a tendency to forget things occasionally, but I'm definitely not broken down nor ready to be thrown on the scrap heap.  There is absolutely no reason why I should hide in a corner and to "be quiet", as many tell me I should do.

We WERE young and beautiful a few years ago.  We ARE beautiful today.   Like everything in this world we have undergone change but that change has not changed the real personality under the wrinkles.  For change is not only inevitable but necessary.  

Just because I am of a "certain age" does not mean I am ready to drop off my perch (yet!).  It doesn't mean that with a little bit of common sense and care in the way I dress and behave, that I won't scrub up or come up well.   

It doesn't mean my views and opinions are any the less important than they were 20 years ago.  It shouldn't mean I am no longer of any importance.  If anything I am more important given my age, for I have experience and knowledge on my side.