Answer:
I move very slowly. I accompany life, and survive past demise. I am viewed with esteem in many women’s eyes.
I can be in your body but never on your placemat. I'm always better when I'm fresh, but you'll never see me in the flesh. What am I?
I open to close but I close to open. I'm surrounded by water but I'm never soaking. What am I?
I am pronounced as one letter, written with three. I come in blue, black, brown, or grey. Reverse me and I read the same either way. What am I?
I’m where yesterday follows today. And tomorrow’s in the middle. What am I?
Dry though I may be, I am still a sea.