----- Original Message ----- From: Lauren Harkness To: Dora Northern ; Elli Richards ; Gail Wicks ; Julie Edwards ; Margaret Thompson ; Mary McAfee ; Shirley Orrell ; Vivien Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 4:46 PM Subject: Fw: Aging
----- Original Message ----- From: gloria daniel To: Lauren Harkness Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 9:09 PM Subject: Fw: Aging ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: rosemary jarvis <[email protected]> To: Alan & Enid Sutton <[email protected]>; AN CUFF <[email protected]>; Bill Coe <[email protected]>; Daphne Pickford <[email protected]>; Gloria Daniel <[email protected]>; Isabel Dodd <[email protected]>; [email protected] Sent: Wed, 6 January, 2010 12:38:22 Subject: FW: Aging ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 11:45:36 +0000 Subject: Fwd: Fw: RE: Fwd: Aging From: [email protected] To: [email protected] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: alan howard <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 10:25 AM Subject: Fw: RE: Fwd: Aging To: Brian Howard <[email protected]>, Brian Jarvis <[email protected]>, Eliabeth Bowden <[email protected]>, freda ratcliffe <[email protected]>, Keith Rudkin <[email protected]>, Lorner Harris <[email protected]>, Lynn Chubb <[email protected]>, Maureen Burman <[email protected]>, Paul Howard <[email protected]>, Stan Knight <[email protected]> --- On Wed, 1/6/10, Les Gearing <[email protected]> wrote: From: Les Gearing <[email protected]> Subject: RE: Fwd: Aging To: "Adaline & John Lambert" <[email protected]>, "alan Howard" <[email protected]>, "alan spicer" <[email protected]>, "barrie and doreen hickman" <[email protected]>, "diane kennison" <[email protected]>, "jean potter" <[email protected]>, "'Kenneth Clements'" <[email protected]>, "lesley gillet" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 12:10 AM Don't delete this one, you'll laugh when you see the return message. I would never trade my amazing friends, my wonderful life, my loving family for less gray hair or a flatter belly. As I've aged, I've become kinder to myself, and less critical of myself. I've become my own friend. I don't chide myself for eating that extra cookie, or for not making my bed, or for buying that silly cement gecko that I didn't need, but looks so avante garde on my patio. I am entitled to a treat, to be messy, to be extravagant. I have seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon; before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging. Whose business is it if I choose to read or play on the computer until 4 AM and sleep until noon? I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 60 &70's, and if I, at the same time, wish to weep over a lost love ... I will. I will walk the beach in a swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body, and will dive into the waves with abandon if I choose to, despite the pitying glances from the jet set. They, too, will get old. I know I am sometimes forgetful. But there again, some of life is just as well forgotten. And I eventually remember the important things. Sure, over the years my heart has been broken. How can your heart not break when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or even when somebody's beloved pet gets hit by a car? But broken hearts are what give us strength and understanding and compassion. A heart never broken is pristine and sterile and will never know the joy of being imperfect. I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning gray, and to have my youthful laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face. So many have never laughed, and so many have died before their hair could turn silver. As you get older, it is easier to be positive. You care less about what other people think. I don't question myself anymore. I've even earned the right to be wrong. So, to answer your question, I like being old. It has set me free. I like the person I have become. I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or worrying about what will be. And I shall eat dessert every single day(if I feel like it). MAY OUR FRIENDSHIP NEVER COME APART ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART! If you forward this to at least 7 people see what happens on your screen . You will laugh your head off! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Use Hotmail to send and receive mail from your different email accounts. Find out how. [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of image001.jpg] [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/gif which had a name of image002.gif] [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/gif which had a name of image003.gif] [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/gif which had a name of image004.gif] [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/gif which had a name of image005.gif] - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
