Sixty Searching and Done Being Quiet: Finding Her Voice

My first memories of women I admired and aspired to be like someday were from my favourite TV shows. Marlo Thomas and Mary Tyler Moore. Peggy Lipton and Susan Dey.If these names give you zero context clues, here's a hint: Susan Dey played Laurie Partridge on The Partridge Family and Peggy Lipton starred in The Mod Squad. These women were mod and groovy and gorgeous.Do you have it? Correct. The 70s.I know I'm dating myself. In fact, I'll celebrate a milestone birthday this year. It has no clever name. No "Flirty Thirty" or "Nifty Fifty" for this decade. Apparently you just turn sixty quietly or loudly and carry on. Creating a fuss is not considered an attractive quality in older women.I'm not afraid of turning sixty, as I thought I might be. I'm not embracing wrinkles gracefully, to be honest. I do need to drink more water. My intentions list is longer than my years.So fear of wrinkles yes, but I'm not scared of ageing or dying. And I'm not scared of becoming an invisible older woman, though, believe me, that is no fake conspiracy theory.I am scared, though, of getting to this age without finding my true purpose or...