I've never been a woman who struggles with aging. At 30, people seemed to expect me to regret my lost youth, and I didn't. At 40, people seemed to expect me to have some kind of crazy crisis, and I didn't. I'm 45 years old and I like being 45 years old. I'm looking forward to 50. Or am I? Though I've never had that aging angst that I read about in women's magazines and women's blogs, I have to be honest and say that there is one thing about getting older that's starting to really bug me - the loss of menstruation.

Hot flash!  News flash!  September is American Menopause Month!  Depending on your perspective this may or may not be something to celebrate.  But the fact that there's a month in the year dedicated to the change of life acknowledges the many women struggling through a transition that hits us all differently.