The Face BEHIND It All

Hello . . . my name is Lynn Armitage, creator, inventor, CEO, president, publisher, owner, founder -- you get the picture -- of oldmyass.com, a blog dedicated to all you beautiful, menopausal women out there who may not be young by society’s impossible standards, but who are anything but old.

Do I look old to you? (Thank you, Photoshop!) Look in the mirror – neither are you! With the life expectancy of women these days at about 80 years old, women in their 40s and 50s are closer to middle age than old age.

Dare I say . . . we are MODEL-AGED!

I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to spend the next 30 years of my life buying into the idea that we’re old just because we aren’t fertile enough to make babies anymore. Or because our faces aren’t packing as much collagen as the younger gals. Or because we’re carrying around a few extra pounds. Or because men turn up their noses at us like we’re cartons of spoiled milk. (And aren’t they missing out??) Are these really valid reasons to back down from life and become shadows of our former selves?

I say, “Hell, no!” Repeat after me: “We are NOT old women! We are women in transition.” Marriage, children, careers, annoying periods . . . we’ve been there, done that, and now we’re ready to live life on our own terms.

And it’s empowering to remember that we Baby Boomers may be low on estrogen, but we're the ones with all the cash!

When I’m not standing on my soapbox, I’m single-parenting two girls, ages 16 and 12, a teen and a tween, who are experiencing profound transitions of their own. I am also the former editor of two parenting magazines, an award-winning, syndicated columnist and an editor at SingleMindedWomen.com. Catch my other peaceful reflections on life (HA!) at "My Teen, The Alien," "A Mad Mom," and "TravelingMom.com."