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STILL KICKING
Posted On 05/03/2010 20:00:21 by Notgrnyyet

 

I'M STILL HERE




I don't like getting my bubble burst in my face but it does happen. Too often it seems. How come you can go along on your merry way and one word, look, or thought can just blind side you?

One day just a few years back I was riding in the back seat of a car which I very seldom do. In fact I will not do if I can help it because I get nauseous. I was dressed to the nines, my face all made up, my hair fixed with not a hair out of place (which is a rare thing). I happened to look in to the mirror on the windshield of the car. Lordee Mercy sakes alive something is wrong with that mirror. Has to be because I definitely don't have all those wrinkles and all that gray hair. Nope, somebody scratched that mirror. YEP! That's what happened by golly. Now guys I was really convinced the mirror was scratched. Enough so that I asked the driver why in the heck was that mirror all scratched up like that. Yep sure did! Of course she informed me the mirror was perfectly OK not a scratch on it. I asked everyone in the car if they could see the scratches. Nope, nary a one saw them.

I was flabbergasted, upset, and completely disillusioned. I absolutely did not realize all those flaws existed till the bright sunshine shone on my face and I looked in to a perfect mirror. It has taken a little bit of getting used to and it really bothered me for a time.

One day I was getting ready to go somewhere and of course I don't go out without looking the best I can. I stopped and thought, well heck fire I'm being stupid. The same person lives behind all those wrinkles, gray hair, and stooped and hurting body. I'm still me at 65 same as I was at 20. I still have dreams, hopes, and thoughts of going to Ireland, Holland, and France just like I had when I was 25. I still have the same heart beating inside me even though it is slowing me down a bit now. I can still love, laugh, and live same as I did as a teen. I'm still me and all these wrinkles are mostly laugh lines. My body is like an antique, old but more valuable now with all the wisdom from years of learning and doing. Hey World! Look out I'm still here. I still have fire in this ol' furnace. YEP!!!!

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From: catsme
05/06/2010 12:58:10

Clydene, you are in good company. Lots of us in that same boat. Never lose your dreams and for pete's sake, lady, you are some funny blogger. Giving people a good laugh, how great is that!


Love ya, and you are an inspiration (Hey, my wrinkles came all at one time the day after menapause. A real shocker for me) Hugz 

From: Veronica
05/05/2010 10:39:39

That is the way I look at it too.  I am still young inside and laugh and play.  I have a granddaughter who calls me "her funny grandma" and I take it as a compliment.


 

From: kiwibarb
05/03/2010 22:29:23

Others see us differently than we see ourselves. They see the surface; the wrinkles and grey hair that we, from inside, do not notice. It's only when we get to know someone that we see past the obvious and perceive the reality beneath the surface. As someone wrote in my autograph book 60 years ago:
"As a beauty I'm not a star
There are others more handsome by far.
But my face - I don't mind it
For I am behind it.
It's the people in front get the jar."


Let people think what they like. We who know you, Clydene, neither see nor care about wrinkles and grey hair. We know the fire in the furnace hasn't gone out! Hey, I'm glad you've still got enough vanity to care what you look like when you go out! Me too!

From: Notgrnyyet
05/03/2010 21:09:33


jas2maui wrote:


I'll say you do!  You are still totally intact...you have a happy heart, a sound mind, a functioning body, a sense of wonder and humor, and best of all FAITH AND CHARACTER.  Your presence is a gift to all.
Thanks Donna, Sometimes I forget that I can still be of some use in this world. Love You My Friend Clydene

From: jas2maui
05/03/2010 21:01:25

I'll say you do!  You are still totally intact...you have a happy heart, a sound mind, a functioning body, a sense of wonder and humor, and best of all FAITH AND CHARACTER.  Your presence is a gift to all.

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