To be a woman...

This post is a bit out of my norm...acutally a bit out of the usual norm as a whole! Its a bit more personal and one of those topics that people dont really want to talk about, yet it's there. It happens to every woman, every month! Some go through it for 2,3 days, others a week, depends from woman to woman. It's happened for generations, the same things my body experiences now, some lady thousands of years ago experienced and its an amazing thing. So its about that time for me. I must admit, although my cycle is amazingly irregular, my period passes through like a breeze, i dont feel any different apart from my ocassional pit stops in the little girls bathroom. But this time, my goodness, i feel like i've been run over by a ten ton truck. My head feels like its not mine, im a bit dazy, my lower back has this tired-ish sensation that is a borderline dull pain, my tummy feels really weird and i just feel like crawling into some crevice. The fact that i went carting yesterday and got so amazinly bruised doesnt help the situation...off the main point here, i have a new found respect for formula one drivers. who would ever think that sitting and driving a car around (despite the adrenaline rush) would leave u so perfectly bruised?....Hmph. Anyway, so back to my body in the now. It got me thinking and as a woman, i dont even know what the word menstruation means, its just this scary word, i mean, couldnt they have made it a nicer word. Sheesh. Anyway, i looked it up, and this is what i came up with....

The word menstruation stems from the Greek root “men,” meaning “month,” and “menus” meaning “moon” and “power.” In Sanskrit, the root word “menses” means “ritual.”

Ok, ok, so its not too bad, i especially like the "power" bit! In the process of looking into the whole "power'' thing, thats my new term for it by the way, i came across some pretty interesting articles, like this one about the courage to discover menstruation and this one too which gives interesting insight into a mans point of view. There's so much stuff about it. I'm quite amazed. However, with all this information, we still keep it under wraps, dont talk about it, have code words for it. Its a natural part of being a woman. Something that's part of the cycle to bring forth life. That i think is truly special. I'm not saying I'm going to go out anouncing to the world every time i have my period, but i'm not going to treat it as if it's some taboo thing going on. Although, i still think i need a warm cup of tea, a blankie, a good movie and no irritating people around me!