Hi English Rose,

I really enjoyed your post!

Yep, I wouldn't miss an edition of the newsletter either. What a gift it is

Joy S

: I do appreciate the newsletter every
: Monday. No matter what I have been
: doing or where I have been in the
: last few years I have read it each
: week. I even read it in Iran on
: business of all places 2 years
: ago.

: Today's is the importance of being
: present for children and
: grandchildren and this is right
: for men and women. Obviously we
: all need a balance. In the UK no
: one needs to work as we have a
: cradle to grave health and
: benefits system where if you do
: not work you are kept but most
: women and men choose to work and
: have families. I liked the comment
: about needing time alone too. I
: always have done. We had 3 chldren
: before I was 27 and both worked
: full time I did not realise the
: importance of that. Years later
: with our twins I felt much more
: able even to hire a girl for
: Saturday mornigs because I knew I
: needed some time whilst their
: father was busy to sit, think, be
: in silence. For me that was part
: of being a good mother the rest of
: the time.

: At 50 (just) I have never been as
: happy in my life and a huge part
: of that is eating well. one thin I
: wish I'd known is that I would not
: have a single menopause symptom
: until into my 50s. I stll haven't.
: I wish I'd been told at 40 that -
: yes you have 10 more years with no
: differences, that some people do
: and don't even think about
: menopause until into your 50s
: instead of wasting mental energy
: worrying about it. Of course it is
: bound to come now. Perhaps eating
: well in my 40s has kept it at bay.
: We will see. May be in 2 years I
: will be posting on no other topics
: and the problems it by then has
: brought.