21st
HELLO
Recently took a trip to Los Angeles to see my daughter. Her name is Patricia. She is not only my daughter but is also an inspiration for me..She is the type of woman who has a goal and has the “bull dog ” tenacity to see it come to pass in her life…
But this is not the topic of this blog…I recently hit my 66th birthday and approaching 67 rapidly and I find myself not knowing where I fit in…I am not ready for the polyester circuit, but the new trend of clothing is certainly not applicable to me either…Mentally, I feel no older than 40 ( In fact I have celebrated my 41st birthday for 25 years). I think I got kinda depressed as I did not know how to remedy this issue..
Along came Patricia with her “you can do it” attitude, which I might add gave me the boost to move in a positive mode instead of the “woe is me” mode.
Chapter one: I enrolled in an excersie program appropriate for my age and considering a nasty back issue and arthritic joints I joined “Curves”, the excersise regiment is productive along with being gentle. I have been doing it for the last 3 months anf feel much better,I also notice that my joints and stamina are much improved.
Chapter two: Now the fashion issue…We All know that there are no magazines promoting clothing lines for women my age that are “youthful” looking as well as stylish. As we get older parts of our body droop, sag, and shift…True there are clothes out there that would fit us, but how would the look on us is a whole different issue.. When we wnet shopping I had an outfit on that I thought looked realy great on me…I felt I was stylin’ ….but NO!!!! Patricia chose some tops for me and had me try them on.( I hate trying on clothes) I could not believe the difference..The lenght of the shirt made all the difference in the world..It gave me lenght in the torso and hid those tell tale bulges..the shirt had stripes which thought would make me look larger in the torso…but to my surprise, it also hid the tell tale signs of Godiva chocolates. In fact I looked “Smokin”.. What I have learned from all of this is: try on the clothes, the lenght of the garment is very important…Thanks Patricia.
Chapter three: Make up, hair, and shoe…..with the shoes I have learned that stylish can also be comfortable…I walked all over the Beverly Hills mall and my back did not hurt at all…I even wore a small heel..
As far as make up we had a make up artist who taught me less is best…a tinted moisturiser, a little blush and “voila” stella stunning…and yea my friends, my toes are painted with black polish and really looks good..
thanks for listening to my rants and I hope it helps someone.
