Aging in Full View

Id love to write about aging with grace, strength, and splendor. No, not splendor, vibrance. That's more of what I'm looking for myself. I want to write about those extraordinary women who, although well into their sixties or seventies, still have a lust for life, an appropriate amount of subtle sensuality (what's with the apologetic tone?), are physically and mentally flexible, are still passionate and curious about life and learning, are engaged with all kinds of wonderful people of all ages, and just make you feel better about yourself every time you are with them. I figure that perhaps if I write about people like that I might just figure out how to actually...be...that.

My friend Morgan. This is what the new 60 looks like!

What I'm not so into are the women who have been nipped, tucked and injected into creatures not quite natural. It's just not my thing (well, maybe a little bit around the eyes). And, frankly, you don't have to be sartorially extraordinary or a freak of nature who still looks 32 to catch my attention. It's not about being young or rich or bejeweled. It is about the twinkle in the eye and everything that fuels that twinkle. 

This project is partly for me and partly for you. The me part is because somedays I have twinkle, some days there are aches and pains that dull the spark. There are a lot of simple things I can do today to change the spark/dull ratio favorably. I need to make some massive changes that I must make before I get one day closer to 60 in 16 months. I'll get into that later when I have my bearings a bit.

The you part is that there are so many fabulous women (and men) out there who aren't completely bummed out by aging. They love the things about getting older that are incredible (there really are a lot of those - trust me) and they do what is necessary to stay in optimum health. I love collecting pictures and information about these people and I'll share them with you. Maybe together we can all leap and twirl and laugh into old age and completely and totally change the way we look at age.

So, I won't begin writing today. I'm just pulling the ideas together as well as the Pinterest page and the Twitter page and the Facebook page (I'll figure out later if we really need all of these forums.) For now, hello. I can't wait to see photographs and interviews and so on from you about making the most of every day. 

See you tomorrow.