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I’ve been asked countless times: why 40? Why put a number tag on age at all? When I was growing up, turning 40 meant something very different for women, I am talking about mid 80's, 90's. It was often seen as a line in the sand, a marker of "settling down." By the time they reached 40, most women had grown children—if not grandchildren. My own mother followed this path. By 40, she had one daughter who had already flown the nest to explore the world, and another (me) still at