Meet Estizer

Within 15 minutes of meeting Estizer, I knew that she was suffering from the sudden loss of her mother. And, she knew that I can't imagine what I will ever do without mine.

So it is with Estizer...........

With that in mind, I share my attempt to wrinkle Estizer and her letter to me. Enjoy!




Eleanor,

I was looking in the mirror and it felt kind of surreal because I felt like I was looking at the same face that I looked at when I was 16. Well, I'm 45 next month, so, that's not possible. It made me wonder, am I changing and I'm just not capable of seeing it?? THAT, made me even more curious. Dammit, I want to know what I'm gonna look like. I want it slooowly. I don't want to wake up one day and...BAM...I'm old!!

So I came to you :) Eleanor...make me wrinkle!! And this was the best you could do :( I gotta tell ya, you really let me down. That's okay Eleanor, it's probably not your fault. We can blame it on my Mom.

It's my Mom's fault for two reasons...genetics, and attitude. I never pondered the state of my Mother's beauty, but I do know that she never, ever worried about it. That's where the "attitude" part comes in. My Mother thought she was beautiful until the day she died at age 87. And she was. NOW, what I find interesting is that I see pictures of her, in those last years and I SEE the changes. They now appear drastic to me. Why didn't I see them then? Hmmm, I think I couldn't because of love. What I saw, I saw with my heart.

So do I not see my own aging because I see myself with my "heart"? That is possible. We learn many things from our Mothers. Case and point: I EXPECT to be beautiful when I get old! I'm actually looking forward to it. I see beautiful women in public places with hair that is grey and faces that are worn, yet there is a radiance that comes from them, and I've thought...WOW, I'm gonna look like THAT when I'm old!!

So yes, one of the many things I learned from my Mother was, to love myself. It doesn't mean I'll be wrinkle free...it just means that I'll always be able to see the "beauty" that radiates from them first.

Estizer

To learn more about Estizer check out her journey at http://estizer50.wordpress.com/

Stand By Your Man

I could almost hear Patsy Cline crooning Stand By Your Man, as I watched the morning news, Silva Spitzer, the latest devoted wife stood one step behind her husband, Eliot Spitzer. Her glance shifted from the scripted speech he was reading to his face. Maybe she was searching for a fragment of truth, or perhaps she was just shocked at his chutzpah. He stood pretending to be humble as he expressed his regrets.

One had to wonder if he was sincerely sorrowful for hurting his wife or for getting caught? C'mon! The Emperors Club! Estimates of as high as $80,000 spent on visits with VIP call girls!

How did Mrs. Spitzer muster the strength? We see it over and over as our elected officials are unlawfully unfaithful. Their wives standing bravely behind them. Have they all signed prenups that promise to never kill, maim or defame their men?

Call me weak, but at times like this I can really get behind Lorena Bobbit and that women who drove over her husband once or twice.

Whether one chooses to stand by or stomp on their man, one has to ask why it is expected of women to accept the public humiliation of being lied to and cheated on by their beloved husbands?

For today, I can only hope that the Emperor gets new shoes, prison issue!

Middle Aged Woman Smokes

As I opened my email this morning and began deleting the barrage of urgent junk mail, one caught my eye. It read:

"I thought you might like this one. Funny but, true.

Click the link to view YouTube-Middle Aged Woman"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1TVOXdNkFo

Sitting around in my bath robe with nothing better to do, I clicked and viewed the silly video making light of the pitfalls of middle aged women. :) Heehee. Believing a chuckle is good for the soul I checked out the related links in search of another laugh. Befuddled I found "Hot Middle Aged Woman Smoker" which linked to "Yaiza The Hot Smoker", "Gorgeous Brunette Smoking Cigarette", 2 Mature Women Light Up Cigarettes", Hot Blond Woman Lights Up A Camel Filter", etc.. The list seemed endless.

Not to be left out of the craze, I offer my own still version of a "Hot Middle Aged Woman Smokes".

Smoke this........


Don't call the Vice Squad yet. It's a rolled up Earl Green tea bag held together with old fashioned flour paste.......Whole wheat of course! I am middle aged for goodness sake. Gotta have that fiber!