“You don't stop laughing when you grow old, you grow old when you stop laughing.”
~ George Bernard Shaw
On this first day of my "birth week", a tradition I highly recommend, I declare that....
When I am a very old woman, I shall...
wear sequins and bangles, glitz and bling,
and I shall spend my money on chocolates and macadamia nuts, and glitter for my hair.
I shall sit down on the grass when I'm tired and reek of perfume samples,
and play hopscotch with little girls,
"and make up for the sobriety of my youth."
I shall dance in the rain,
and weave garlands for my hair,
and learn to yodel.
I shall have champagne for breakfast,
and pile shells and wine corks and colored marbles in pretty little boxes.
And, above all, I shall laugh.
and I shall spend my money on chocolates and macadamia nuts, and glitter for my hair.
I shall sit down on the grass when I'm tired and reek of perfume samples,
and play hopscotch with little girls,
"and make up for the sobriety of my youth."
I shall dance in the rain,
and weave garlands for my hair,
and learn to yodel.
I shall have champagne for breakfast,
and pile shells and wine corks and colored marbles in pretty little boxes.
And, above all, I shall laugh.
But maybe I ought to start today. So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised when suddenly I am very old and start to wear sequins and bangle, glitz and bling.
- with special thanks..."Warning, When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple" by Jenny Joseph
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