I have noticed a few other bloggers (one is Murrmurrs) writing about aging and the fact that WE HATE IT!!!
It definitely is no fun especially when you suffer from the Peter Pan effect--I refuse to grow up! I often go about with the image of myself locked in my head that I prefer to imagine shows to everyone I meet. Unfortunately it is not so, and those #%*&@$! reflective surfaces all around the world make me face that fact. That is so cruel! I think they all should be like the carnival mirrors which distort the view. Then we could have some laughs!
Sometimes I have written poetry on the fact.
So,...I thought I would share one today. Many of my friends have heard this one.
FACING ME
Who can that aged lady in the mirror be?
She most certainly cannot be me!
I do not look at all like that!
I am not old, wrinkled and fat!
Who is she at whom I stare?
It is not me with that graying hair.
The heavy-lidded eyes resemble mine,
but cannot be with all those lines.
Her body is just a bit too round,
and she carries more than an extra pound.
Just take a look at that double chin!
It looks like the wattle on a hen.
I am not that lady staring back,
whose breasts are looking a little slack.
When I look in the mirror within my mind
I see a reflection of a different kind.;
a younger woman with a slimmer face,
one who walks with poise and grace.
Nothing jiggles as I strut,
women gaze with envy at my butt.
My eyes still have their youthful shine,
men ogle me and think I'm fine.
My mind's image or the reflected one?
Can you speculate which has won?
I'll disregard the old lady gawking at me,
and cling to the image I prefer to see!!
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Saturday, September 22, 2012
FUNNY FOTO'S
A friend shared some very funny photo's with me and I just had to share with you all. Not sure where they originated as they seem to be making the email rounds. They made me smile and hope they do the same.
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| 1. Whatever this plant is, it makes me feel happy. |
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| 2. ...and please God, bring me lots and lots of nuts! |
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| 3. Hello there cutie. Care to go for a ride? |
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| 4. Yodel- la-de-ho!!! |
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| 5. BOO!!!! |
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| 6. Now where did that tongue go? |
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| 7. My, My, what a handsome fellow I am! |
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| 8. I think I need to quit drinking coffee! |
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| 9. Here's lookin' at you, kid. |
I made up the captions but want to hear from you as to what you would make as a caption.
Monday, September 10, 2012
THE ODD LIFE OF TIMOTHY GREEN
No big blast battle scenes, no stupendous special effects, no special colorization, no 3D jump-out-at-you images...just a mild fantasy to touch the human heart.
The movie starts with Cindy and Jim Green (played by Jennifer Garner and Joel Edgerton) in an office
applying to adopt a child. One of the interviewers wants to know why they
have answered a question on their paperwork with the name “Timothy.” The two begin to tell their story and the tale is done in flashback scenes.
After the Green's are told they can’t have children, they begin a grieving process. Jim comes up with an idea to write down all the things they imagine their child
would be like. This part is so touching. I think all parents imagine what their child would be like--artistic, musical, smart, funny, kind, intelligent--the dreams flow. The couple even imagines specific things ("he will make the winning goal") and the cheering they do while "seeing" this happen brings a smile to your heart. After all the notes are written, Jim and Cindy place them into a small wooden box. The box is taken out to the garden and buried. In a way it was like having a funeral for their dream of a child,and they hope this ceremony will allow them to move on. During the night a freak rain & thunderstorm hits their home and they end up discovering a young boy in
their house, stark naked and covered in mud. He tells them he is Timothy and that he came from
the garden. When they clean him up they discover that he has leaves growing on the lower part of his
legs. Soon they come to an astonishing conclusion. This young boy is the embodiment of their dream child. He somehow grew from the dreams they had written down and placed in the box.
Timothy is portrayed by CJ Adams and he does it so amazingly natural. He is a rather gawky boy with an unstoppable optimism. He turns out to be artistic,
sensitive, bad at sports, and completely unconcerned with peer popularity. But he is attracted to a girl. Aren't all boys?
The object of his affection, Joni, is played by Odeya Rush. Joni is a bit secretive, creative and complex. She is a beautiful person and you see her creative and sensitive side when Cindy discovers the secret place that Joni and Timothy have created. Both play theri roles magically and so believably.
Timothy touches many lives, most importantly his parents. He gives them a dream to create something new, which ends up being a saving grace for the pencil company and a town. He gives them strength to stand up for themselves and for those they love. He brings laughter to an old man, beauty to a harsh woman...he has a magic touch.
I do not want to give the entire movie away. But I do want to tell you I think it is superb. It weaves a tapestry of dreams, hopes, discoveries, and imagination. Timothy moves Jim and Cindy to the discovery that they can be parents to a child. They learn to not give up and move on but instead to move towards...hope.
Some of you may not understand what I received from this movie. But I do hope you watch it with an open heart and discover the beautiful messages it delivers. There is more than one. What do you feel?
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