Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Back on the Soap Box

At 44, actress and model, Brooke Shields, confesses that she hates her wrinkles. Still, she was quoted on the internet as saying, "When you see certain women that we knew when we were younger, like Angelica Huston and Isabella Rossellini, and they've grown older in the public eye, what you're responding to is their whole life imprinted on them."

That's the whole point, Brooke. I want to look like I have lived, not like someone who is desperate to cling to my youth. I want to feel vital and alive, but not be obsessed by a number. I want to look like my whole life is imprinted on me. Guess that means I'll look like I've been run over by a Mack truck by the time I become a woman-of-a-certain-age (whatever that means)!!! Although from the above photo of my mother, who is a month and a half shy of 93 years old, I'd say looking like a woman-of-a-certain age ain't so bad!

However many years a (woman) may live, let (her) enjoy them all. (Eccles. 11:6)


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