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Happy Fourth from Menopause Cat!


This is Fourth of July Menopause Cat.

You can tell by the expression on her face that she may be going through some menopausal woes right now. But  no matter, she’s decked out and ready to celebrate the Fourth (and waves the flag during her hot flashes.)

Menopause Cat wants you to have a great Fourth too!

She says don’t worry about too much Independence Day food or drink. Partake in a Yankee Doodle Fashion. Whoop it up!

And as you do, wave your glass and a flag to the sisters who came before us. They worked valiantly to get us the vote, birth control, education, jobs, athletic programs, financial equality, and better childcare  and healthcare, among other reforms.

Thank you Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Blackwell, Jane Addams, Sojourner Truth, Gloria Steinem, Maria Mitchell, Juliette Gordon Lowe, Ida B. Wells, Wilma Rudolph,Clara Barton, Abigail Adams, Elizabeth Stanton, Rachel Carson,Harriet Beecher Stowe, Julia Ward Howe, Emma Hart Willard, and Lucy Stone, to name a few!

Photo: My mom, Nancy Kiehne, painted Menopause Cat after the painting below of daughter Laura. A friend of the family did Laura’s portrait from a  photo taken during the 1996 Olympics. Mom probably won’t be too happy that I’ve turned her Olympic Cat into a Menopause Cat, but a blogger’s got to do what she’s got to do.

 

Posted in Friend for the Ride.

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  1. christina christina says

    I love menopause cat.  But her name should be Meno Paws Cat.

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  2. Haralee Haralee says

    I love the cat. How very clever, a small American flag as a fanning devise. Crafty kitty!

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