I feel that this describes an “older” woman’s perspective in a way that feels both incredibly familiar, and novel, at the same time - without objectifying the subject. I agree with another commenter that some of the sentences MIGHT do with some scaling back, but it does not take away from the effect. After reading this, I feel that pleasureful combination of wistful melancholy, with that “knowing” sense of clam that comes from age. Bravo.