I don't have to write my autobiography now. It's already been done! Love your post, Vickles!
Cowgirl, I have a poem similar to yours downstairs and love it, too. My favorite color is purple, and I love practicing! My kids were shocked at first, but now love it when I act my age and enjoy the freedom of being in the nifty fifty club!
Love being who I am and wouldn't trade this age for any other.
I am amazed how wonderful it is to be myself also. I love to be able to speak my mind when I want to. Or be quiet because I want to. I can' t believe how much I worried about other people and what they thought of me. Or worried that my house was messy. Now I think that is for the young...let them worry. If they don't like what they see its their problem...
"Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, the last of life, for which the first was made. Our times are in his hand who saith,`A whole I planned, youth shows but half, Trust God, See all, nor be afraid' "
~Robert Browning~
Change has a considerable psychological impact on the human mind. To the fearful it is threatening because it means that things may get worse. To the hopeful it is encouraging because things may get better. To the confident it is inspiring because the challenge exists to make things better.
~King Whitney Jr.~
"We did not change as we grew older; we just became more clearly ourselves."
My "Purple" poem was probably adapted from the one by Jenny Joseph. No author is noted.
When I am old, I shall wear purple . . . with a red hat which is not in style and I shall spend my retirement on brandy and cholcolate and costume jewelry and the lottery.
When I am old, I shall wear purple . . . I will dust my house with a glance and leave my nose prints on clean store windows and laugh even at myself and make up for the seriousness of my youth.
When I am old, I shall wear purple . . . and go barefooted in the rain and do "midnight gradening" and learn to spit!
But . . . I think I should begin a little now . . . so my friends and family are not too shocked when all of a sudden I'm eccentric and old and start to wear purple!
Purple has always been my favorite color. As a child, it was next to impossible to find any "store bought" clothes that were purple. However, my grandmother was an expert seamstress and kept me outfitted nicely. It was one of her favorite colors, also.
Several years ago, when I started turning grey, my natural look was the "Elvira look". The grey came in broad bands in the front around my face, the rest of my hair had little sprinkles of grey, but mostly brunette. I didn't like looking like Elvira, so decided to color my hair. And if I was going to color it, I decided to use my favorite color, purple. My hairdresser thought I was crazy but went along with it. We found a shade that colors the grey well, but is quite subtle. In the right light, you can tell it's purple, and it usually makes people take a second look, and most smile and say "I like your hair". Often it goes unnoticed, just dark and not grey.
My daughter's were in high school when I started "going purple". People would ask, "what is your mother like", and their reply would be "Well, she dyes her hair purple. What do you think?". Glad I started showing my eccentric side early, so people won't be shocked as I come into full bloom as a "Red Hat Lady" sporting purple hair!
I picture your hair as very artistically designed, classy and trendsetting...stunningly done!
I may just put my beads and long thin spaced braids back in my hair with red and gold highlights may even a little purple dipped ends and express myself too!
"But . . . I think I should begin a little now . . . so my friends and family are not too shocked when all of a sudden I'm eccentric and old and start to wear purple!"
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RainbowsGirl
Thank You (((((Vickles)))))),
That was delightfully refreshing and comforting to read!
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Your so welcome!!!!!!! When I read it I thought wow how did this person know I needed this?
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Vickles.....great post !!
When I read it, this poem came to mind, don't know if you've heard it before, I have framed on my living room wall, one of my favourites !
Warning
When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my stick along the public railings
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
And pick flowers in other people's gardens
And learn to spit.
You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat
And eat three pounds of sausages at a go
Or only bread and pickle for a week
And hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes.
But now we must have clothes that keep us dry
And pay our rent and not swear in the street
And set a good example for the children.
We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.
But maybe I ought to practice a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.
Jenny Joseph
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I don't have to write my autobiography now. It's already been done! Love your post, Vickles!
Cowgirl, I have a poem similar to yours downstairs and love it, too. My favorite color is purple, and I love practicing! My kids were shocked at first, but now love it when I act my age and enjoy the freedom of being in the nifty fifty club!
Love being who I am and wouldn't trade this age for any other.
Suda
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Cowgirl that was good too.
I am amazed how wonderful it is to be myself also. I love to be able to speak my mind when I want to. Or be quiet because I want to. I can' t believe how much I worried about other people and what they thought of me. Or worried that my house was messy. Now I think that is for the young...let them worry. If they don't like what they see its their problem...
How wonderful to be free of all that!!!!!
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I love these quotations about "Growing Older:"
"Beauty is in the eye of the behoder"
~Margret Wolfe Hungerford~
"A Heart in Love with beauty never grows old"
~Unknown~
"Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, the last of life, for which the first was made. Our times are in his hand who saith,`A whole I planned, youth shows but half, Trust God, See all, nor be afraid' "
~Robert Browning~
Change has a considerable psychological impact on the human mind. To the fearful it is threatening because it means that things may get worse. To the hopeful it is encouraging because things may get better. To the confident it is inspiring because the challenge exists to make things better.
~King Whitney Jr.~
"We did not change as we grew older; we just became more clearly ourselves."
~Lynn Hall~
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I very much like this Cowgirl!
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coolchef
hey kids,i will be 60 next year{i hope}
i wouldn't trade if for anything' cept 70!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i retired young {45} whoopie!!!!!!!!!
and i enjoy life
i don't have much be i have what i want {mostly}
wish i had the sex drive i had a few years ago lol but thats ok
when i meet someone new and they ask me if i have lived here all my life my answer is....
not yet!
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Suda
My "Purple" poem was probably adapted from the one by Jenny Joseph. No author is noted.
When I am old, I shall wear purple . . . with a red hat which is not in style and I shall spend my retirement on brandy and cholcolate and costume jewelry and the lottery.
When I am old, I shall wear purple . . . I will dust my house with a glance and leave my nose prints on clean store windows and laugh even at myself and make up for the seriousness of my youth.
When I am old, I shall wear purple . . . and go barefooted in the rain and do "midnight gradening" and learn to spit!
But . . . I think I should begin a little now . . . so my friends and family are not too shocked when all of a sudden I'm eccentric and old and start to wear purple!
Purple has always been my favorite color. As a child, it was next to impossible to find any "store bought" clothes that were purple. However, my grandmother was an expert seamstress and kept me outfitted nicely. It was one of her favorite colors, also.
Several years ago, when I started turning grey, my natural look was the "Elvira look". The grey came in broad bands in the front around my face, the rest of my hair had little sprinkles of grey, but mostly brunette. I didn't like looking like Elvira, so decided to color my hair. And if I was going to color it, I decided to use my favorite color, purple. My hairdresser thought I was crazy but went along with it. We found a shade that colors the grey well, but is quite subtle. In the right light, you can tell it's purple, and it usually makes people take a second look, and most smile and say "I like your hair". Often it goes unnoticed, just dark and not grey.
My daughter's were in high school when I started "going purple". People would ask, "what is your mother like", and their reply would be "Well, she dyes her hair purple. What do you think?". Glad I started showing my eccentric side early, so people won't be shocked as I come into full bloom as a "Red Hat Lady" sporting purple hair!
Suda (into Purple Power!)
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Dear Suda,
I picture your hair as very artistically designed, classy and trendsetting...stunningly done!
I may just put my beads and long thin spaced braids back in my hair with red and gold highlights may even a little purple dipped ends and express myself too!
"But . . . I think I should begin a little now . . . so my friends and family are not too shocked when all of a sudden I'm eccentric and old and start to wear purple!"
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:) Vickles
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