Women not only bear the brunt of the equation of beauty with youth, we perpetuate it—every time we dye our hair to cover the gray or lie about our age, not to mention have plastic surgery to cover the signs of aging.

Age did not have to prohibit or inhibit a woman’s ability to make money or a living. Age did not diminish a woman’s usefulness as a self-employed person or entrepreneur. Age did not limit the ways in which a woman made money through self-employment or entrepreneurship.

You're the loveliest you'll ever be...until tomorrow and then you will be even lovelier.

They were growing closer and closer every day, and Charlotte was finding something magical at Wildflower, something she never thought she would find again—love.