Jane Chelliah -Exploring the Midlife Crisis
“Damn you, don’t mock and sneer at me. I’m not a doddering old fool who brags about the things he did when he was young, and what he would do now if he weren’t so old. Claudio, I’m telling you right to your face that you have wronged me and my innocent child. I am …
The invisibility of being an older woman is something I am fighting against. I have reached that stage in life to my horror. My voice has become louder in an effort to be heard, both, literally and figuratively speaking. I keep thinking ‘mutton’ when I choose new outfits. I am reluctant to say ‘I have …
Those times when I wished for a moment’s peace while my daughter was growing up. I wish they would return. I miss the noise, chaos and sense of purpose . This morning I had a long lie in with the cat beside me. The thing I longed for at one time does not now bring …