In the Body

Oprah's laughing it up with a panel of women over fifty. Fabulous. Woopin about aging and real beauty and luxurious sex. Seasoned women. Four marriages, more laughter. They all laugh at every question. Oprah asks whether they care what people think about them anymore. Silence. They all crack up laughing.

A woman asks, "What's going to happen as I age?"

"It's all coming. It's all coming down the way."

A doctor says, "Yes, you will eventually lose your pubic hair and the hair under your arms, too." Oprah throws up her arms and they all cheer, "Yea!"

They move on to vaginal dryness. Bent over laughing now, the doctor says, "Astroglide is a great thing, and it's just exciting to have it by your bed...if no one is there to help you, it's ok to help yourself."

It is advised: You have to approach the second half of life with gusto.

Anne Lamott says, "When I'm eighty I'm going to regret every moment that I didn't love myself sooner." Dreadlocks and beautiful, so clear.

Today, all day, circumambulating my calling, I call it closer. And it's all about the body. Being in the body and being awake since the beginning. Transcribing it all inside for a day when I would finally unpack it and let it be beautiful.