Lubing It Up

Menopause is the gift that keeps on giving. As soon as I get used to one symptom, or a new reality, as the saying goes, another one pops up and hits me. Or not exactly in the head, as this case shows.

Today's new symptom is vaginal dryness. I've never had this problem before, but here it is knocking on my door. It's really not fun!

I use Hooha serum, which has worked wonders on other aspects of vaginal atrophy, like thin walls and incontinence (thank goodness), and I know it has helped a lot of women with vaginal dryness, but for me it's probably too warming, and I need an extra boost to make my system smooth and slippery.

So yesterday I went into my drugstore and created an amazing lubricant. It's a cream, not a serum. It contains beeswax, coconut butter, jojoba oil, calendula oil, and a generous amount of rose oil. Rose oil is basically God's gift to the vagina. For a moment I felt like a heretic when I put the words 'God