Starting Over at 38!
Thursday, June 29th, 2006 by MadeleineA confession: I haven’t had my period for almost 2 years. Between a pregnancy and nursing, it’s been strangely absent for a person who sells menstrual products for a living. But just the other day when I was doing some sewing (my favourite hobby - a happy coincidence, it strikes me) danged if I didn’t get that funny sinking kind of feeling and there was my period, simple as that. The funny thing is that I happened to have not only a Lunapad (a long pantyliner that I had taken home to wash and dry to test shrinkage), but also a pair of deluxe Lunapanties (working on some R&D for fit in this case) with me – hooray!
I am so excited to be here writing to all you wonderful women who do us the honor of being curious about who we are and what we do. A few brief biographical details about me before we move on to more interesting topics: I was born and raised here in Vancouver, and love the city of my birth passionately. I attended University in Ontario prior to doing a lot of traveling and working abroad. I am an enraptured parent to Genevieve (or Miss Milk, as she is commonly known), who was born on April 10, 2005. I am married to her Dad, a very sweet man called Tim, who is an incredible source of love and support to me. Some other random personal tidbits: I am a left-handed Capricorn with a wicked sweet tooth who is also a proud reformed smoker, tennis enthusiast (although I refuse to keep score), novel-reader, armchair fashionista and sewing fiend.
Hey Lunagals everywhere, here is my intro to the blogosphere. It’s exciting, as I’ve often fantasized about blogging (about the 
