Wednesday, April 25, 2012

A Red Letter Day

The transformation is complete. I am a 50 year old woman and I own a red hat! I was inducted into the Red Hat Society at work today.

Here is the mission of the Red Hat Society...


We are a global society of women that supports and encourages women in their pursuit of fun, friendship, freedom, fulfillment, and fitness.
Fun – we celebrate life at every age
Friendship – we solidify and expand the bonds of sisterhood
Freedom – we discover and explore new interests
Fulfillment – we realize our personal potential
Fitness – we embrace healthy, life-lengthening lifestyles

I am there! I am ready! (I really have to work on the fitness part). The rest I can certainly work on as I go along. Thanks to the other members of the Avenidas SDHC chapter for letting me in the club!  I will do my best to live up to expectations.

As I embrace this new phase of my life, I have begun searching for words of wisdom about aging. Here are a few quotes I have found so far...

"The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been." Madeleine L'Engle

"You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely." Ogden Nash

"Getting older is an adventure, not a problem." Antonio Pierro

1 comment:

Don Meyer said...

Here. I'll give you my own quotes (probably not original with me).

Chronological age is the least important of all the ages.

How did I get over the hill without getting to the top?