I loved this. Rather than head to Guatemala, I joined the Army, most def NOT the thing to do during Vietnam. While I paid some brutal prices for that decision, as with you that shifted how I saw myself. Shortly after basic I was leaping out of airplanes- that will go a long, long way towards redefining who you think you can be in your early twenties.

Feminism as I understood it at the time in part decided me hard against kids, or rather the white picket fence life. I never thought about it specifically, as the civil rights revolution had more of an impact in my family. I like the gauntlet, though, to consider how big social upheavals affected who we are today, and how we are responding to equal unfairness as it touches the aging process. Made me think. That's good thing.