Can the Adults Please Smoke? Chapter 35: Look Who's Here,We're Still Here!!- Page 16

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 12/13/11 at 8:23am

Tinky, stay positive and will stay that way

BTW if anyone runs across the BC/EFA Legend ornament of Angela Lansbury as Mame (she's sitting in the moon) please, please let me know. I didn't know about this series until yesterday when this years popped up of Bernadette as Dot. Of course I ordered that one and the 2 previous years which they have on sale, but they don't have Angela one which was the first in the series. So we are on a mission.

[MotorTink]

Posted: 12/13/11 at 8:42am

Reading back - my father is seeing Straight no Chaser in FL next week.

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 12/13/11 at 8:52am

Well as long as he has grey hair he will applaud politely

[SonofMammaMiaSam]

Posted: 12/13/11 at 8:55am

Isn't he younger than us, Boobs?

[Bluemoon]

Posted: 12/13/11 at 8:57am

I do think he's the same age as me - which is really sickening. Which reminds me, I need to make an appointment with my colorist.

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 12/13/11 at 8:59am

OMG Moony, I just read that as "colonist" LOL Same-same as I like to watch pom.

[Bluemoon]

Posted: 12/13/11 at 9:01am

Too funny!

[MotorTink]

Posted: 12/13/11 at 9:10am

My dad is 54 but has no hair. He'll still applaud politely.

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 12/13/11 at 9:13am

Morning Adults. My Follies CD arrived yesterday and I thought of all of you!

[SonofMammaMiaSam]

Posted: 12/13/11 at 9:13am

Dammit, we are the same age. Except, I'll be older in two weeks.

[Q]

Posted: 12/13/11 at 9:14am

We saw them Friday night at a sold-out show at the Wiltern (@2300 seats,) and it was a great show - which the audience ate up. One of the best nights we've had out in a long time.

[MotorTink]

Posted: 12/13/11 at 9:17am

My mom is 57, almost 58 if that helps.

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 12/13/11 at 9:18am

YWIW..enjoy it!

Q, that's great!

Everyone don't forget our mission "Mame in the Moon" XO

[Bluemoon]

Posted: 12/13/11 at 9:18am

See - I think so much has to do with the energy from the audiemce. PBS should have filled those seats with a non-AARP crowd.

Tink - he's only 54? I'm now truly depressed. Who's got the emergency stash of chocolate?

[D2]

Posted: 12/13/11 at 9:29am

You ate it on Saturday, Moony. Between the cheese and champagne courses.

Mornin'

[Bluemoon]

Posted: 12/13/11 at 9:35am

Crap. That was my allotment for December.

Tink - yes, that does help a wee bit. Just a wee bit.

[D2]

Posted: 12/13/11 at 9:37am

My mother would be 90 if she were alive. Does that help, Moony?

[Bluemoon]

Posted: 12/13/11 at 9:44am

"...if she were alive." No, not that much, but thanks.

CHOCOLATE.

[MotorTink]

Posted: 12/13/11 at 9:48am

age aint nothing but a number. :)

[Bluemoon]

Posted: 12/13/11 at 9:49am

...said she in her 20s.

CHOCOLATE NOW.

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 12/13/11 at 9:57am

Deet, check the freezer. Did you ever take the truffles out?

[MotorTink]

Posted: 12/13/11 at 10:00am

but I live like I'm in my 60's.....

[Bluemoon]

Posted: 12/13/11 at 10:07am

Boobs - yes he did.

Tink - no you don't. (except for the 2 cat thing)

[Bluemoon]

Posted: 12/13/11 at 10:34am

A friend just emailed this to me. I think it's perfect for all of us today, no matter your age - for so many reasons.

As I've aged, I've become kinder to myself, and less critical of myself. I've become my own friend.

I have seen too many dear friends leave this world, too soon; before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging.

Whose business is it, if I choose to read, or play, on the computer, until 4 AM, or sleep until noon? I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 50, 60 &70's, and if I, at the same time, wish to weep over a lost love, I will.

I will walk the beach, in a swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body, and will dive into the waves, with abandon, if I choose to, despite the pitying glances from the jet set. They, too, will get old.

I know I am sometimes forgetful. But there again, some of life is just as well forgotten. And, I eventually remember the important things.

Sure, over the years, my heart has been broken. How can your heart not break, when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or even when somebody's beloved pet gets hit by a car? But, broken hearts are what give us strength, and understanding, and compassion. A heart never broken, is pristine, and sterile, and will never know the joy of being imperfect.

I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning gray, and to have my youthful laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face. So many have never laughed, and so many have died before their hair could turn silver.

As you get older, it is easier to be positive. You care less about what other people think. I don't question myself anymore. I've even earned the right to be wrong.

So, to answer your question, I like being old. It has set me free. I like the person I have become. I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or worrying about what will be. And I shall eat dessert every single day (if I feel like it).

MAY OUR FRIENDSHIP NEVER COME APART, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 12/13/11 at 10:35am