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Katy's avatar

At 52 I know there is more behind me than ahead. I intend to age gracefully ~ let it all go gray!!! Lines??? Earned and appreciated. I'll be the sassiest crone you'll ever know!!!!

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nicole's avatar

In the words of The Amazing Devil "Your eyes aren't rivers there to weep, but a place for crows to rest their feet..."

I cherish my (very small number) of gray hairs, the lines that laughter has tracked along my face... I am reminded of the story of the bear that has been loved so hard and looks bedraggled... and he says "that's when you become *real*". It isn't something that I think should be used to disparage youth, of course, because especially as mum to a teenage boy I know how *real* they are, but moreso that overall the stories of our lives and loves being written across our faces is part of that reality.

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