Fabulous At Any Age

#WednesdayWisdom is walk and enjoy nature 🍃🐉 Morning friends enjoy your day @Carollsweett @Isobg69 @rakesh01010101 pic.twitter.com/MD27QmaDV8 — kent kristensen (@kentkristensen1) August 24, 2016

The beauty of a woman: It's not in the clothes she wears, The figure that she carries. Or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman Must be seen from within her eyes, Because that is the doorway to her heart, The place where love resides. The beauty of a woman Is not in a facial mole, But true beauty in a woman Is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives, The passion that she shows, And the beauty of a woman With passing years...only grows!

Happy Birthday to Ernestine Shepherd, whom you've already seen on this blog. This woman is such an inspiration! Breathing air on the planet for 80 years and still going strong, working out, working strong, and constantly working on being the healthiest that she can be! My she-ro!! (Notice that the optimum word is "working"!)

Prayer does work if you work it!

Once upon a time long, long ago, children were to be seen and not heard. A bit harsh maybe, but you can bet your sweet patootie there were no kids telling their mamas and papas what they, the children, were not going to do. A little time went by, and the sweet darlings were no longer required to be mute, but it was still the stringent policy of speak when you are spoken to. Yet again though, children exhibited acceptable manners and civility. So far, so good. More time passed, and children began to be encouraged to participate in conversations as a part of their learning to navigate the ever enlarging world in which they would need to move. The youngsters still were admonished to stay out of grown folk's talk (if you're of a certain age, you probably remember that phrase). We wanted our children to be erudite and confident in themselves, but there was still a loose tether to keep them from getting too big for their britches, though. And then I woke up one morning and a ...