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[Ain't Nobody Here]

Freddie has asked me to share this with you all .

 

 

 

Purple Hats

 

In honour of Beautiful Women's Month and in memory of Belinda Emmett, who lost her fight with cancer, please pass this on to five women.

 

If you don't know five women to pass this on to, one will do just fine.

 

 

 

'If I had my life over'

 

By Belinda Emmett

 

(written after she found out she was dying from cancer)

 

I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the Earth would go into a holding pattern if I weren't there for a day...

 

I would have burned the pink candle sculpted into a rose before it melted in storage...

 

I would have talked less and listened more...

 

I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained or the sofa faded...

 

I would have eaten popcorn in the 'good' living room and worried much less about the dirt when someone wanted to light a fire in the fireplace...

 

I would have taken the time to listen to my grandfather ramble about his youth...

 

I would have shared more of the responsibility carried by my husband...

 

I would never have insisted the car windows be rolled up on a summer day because my hair had just been teased and sprayed...

 

I would have sat on the lawn with my grass stains...

 

I would have cried and laughed less while watching television and more while watching life...

 

I would never have bought anything just because it was practical, wouldn't show soil or was guaranteed to last a lifetime...

 

 

Beautiful Women's Month

 

Age 3 She looks at herself and sees a Queen

 

Age 8 She looks at herself and sees Cinderella

 

Age 15 She looks at herself and sees an Ugly Sister ('Mum, I can't go to school looking like this!')

 

Age 20 She looks at herself and sees 'too fat/too thin/too short/too tall/too straight/too curly' - but decides she's going out anyway

 

Age 30 She looks at herself and sees 'too fat/too thin/too short/too tall/too straight/too curly' - but decides she doesn't have time to fix it, so she's going out anyway

 

Age 40 She looks at herself and sees 'clean' and goes out anyway

 

Age 50 She looks at herself and sees 'I am' and goes wherever she wants to

 

Age 60 She looks at herself and reminds herself of all the people who can't even see themselves in the mirror anymore - goes out and conquers the world

 

Age 70 She looks at herself and sees wisdom, laughter and ability and goes out to enjoy life

 

Age 80 Doesn't even bother to look - just puts on a purple hat and goes out to have fun with the world

 

 

Maybe we should put on that purple hat earlier...

 

If you don't mind, send this on to all the women you are grateful to have as friends.

 

Maybe we should all grab that purple hat earlier.

 

Please send this to five phenomenal women today in celebration of Beautiful Women's Month.

 

If you do, something good will happen - you will boost another woman's self esteem.

[clootie]

Consider it done !!

[Snowy]

That is so lovely. Thanks ANH and Freddie

[Guest]

done, what a good philosophy.

 

xxx

[bronze]

When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple

 

with a red hat that doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.

 

And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves

 

and satin candles, and say we've no money for butter.

 

I shall sit down on the pavement when I am tired

 

and gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells

 

and run my stick along the public railings

 

and make up for the sobriety of my youth.

 

I shall go out in my slippers in the rain

 

and pick the flowers in other people's gardens

 

and learn to spit.

 

 

 

You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat

 

and eat three pounds of sausages at a go

 

or only bread and pickles for a week

 

and hoard pens and pencils and beer nuts and things in boxes.

 

 

 

But now we must have clothes that keep us dry

 

and pay our rent and not swear in the street

 

and set a good example for the children.

 

We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.

 

But maybe I ought to practice a little now?

 

So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised

 

When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.

 

 

 

 

 

I feel like a purple wearer already

[Couperwife]

I love that Poem

 

I framed it for my mum who claims to be a purple wearer (but she cant spit )

 

great first post too it made me smile

 

Cathy

x

[Guest]

I've always loved Jenny Joseph's poetry.

[abwsco]

Bronze, I first read that poem in junior school in the early 70's (that makes me feel old) and have always said that is what I'm going to do. Thanks for posting it again as I could only remember

 

"I shall sit down on the pavement when I am tired

 

and gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells

 

and run my stick along the public railings"

[A chickychickychick-ENN!!]

What a lovely post, and lovely to read the purple poem again.

 

Anna x

[moochoo]

Thanks for posting it just puts everything into perspective. Life passes by so quickly and we focus so much on the future and often forget about now.

[little chickadee]

I wear purple on a very regular basis already and I'm 34

[buffie]

Yes purple is the best colour. Lovely thread and so positive

 

Buffie x

[Olly]

My niece read that poem at my mum's funeral ... it was one of her favourites, and pretty much summed up her character!