Sumin, a 47-year-old independent travel bookstore owner, lives with her husband wooyoung without having children. She thought she was young and her life was satisfied. However, her happiness didn't last long after she was unexpectedly diagnosed with menopause.

Her best friend Eunyoung who has two children was already going through menopause. She just didn't see the reality that they were getting old simultaneously.

She felt frustrated to be old. Searchin...more

Sumin, a 47-year-old independent travel bookstore owner, lives with her husband wooyoung without having children. She thought she was young and her life was satisfied. However, her happiness didn't last long after she was unexpectedly diagnosed with menopause.

Her best friend Eunyoung who has two children was already going through menopause. She just didn't see the reality that they were getting old simultaneously.

She felt frustrated to be old. Searching for information about menopause, It was all about supplements nothing really helped her.

The menopausal symptoms made her gradually ill from body to mind then It ruined not only herself but also her relationships with people around her.

It seems like she is losing herself but she doesn't lay down. She starts to get counseling. Writing her journey with menopause helped her to look at herself objectively and the regular customer comforts her like a mother.

Now she knows menopause is only a part of her life and this too shall pass.less