Not the bravest when it comes to face rejuvination

I never thought I would see the day that my beatiful daughter said, "Mom, I have to do something about my brown spots and constant new appearing wrinkles." Why not," I thought, after all my little girl is now 50 years old. I recommended a procedure called "Younger Face", a 9 day face mask, that I had done in Miami Beach. If you ask me how I feel and react to having cosmetic work done on my face, I would respond, "Who cares?" Burning, stinging, discomfort, swelling, bed ridden, starvation, does not bother me. I am focused on the end result, looking good. I do major research before any procedure so I am confident about my doctor.
So that morning I drove my daughter to the clinic, and left her in the doctors hands for two days. She would have the procedure done and stay for two nights just as I had done. I eagerly went to pick her up to take her home to nurture her for the remaining seven days. There she was sitting in a chair with her back to me as I entered the room. She looked scary with a white mask on her swollen face. She told me she has a fever, she is miserable, dizzy and naucious. I panicked, running for the doctor who told me all is well and this is a normal reaction. I brought my daughter home but on the turn of the next day, she continued, "This is terrible, I am nausious, my face hurts, I cannot sleep or eat, I had no idea what this is like, I was up the whole night, the tylenol p. m. made me naucious so I took pepto bismol; this is no easy thing, she said lying down and staring into space completely miserable.
O. K. Here is the point of my story. We are all different. Here we are mother and daughter and to me it was just another procedure, to my daughter it was a tramatic experience that was difficult for her to go through... End Result???? New found beauty and that she can be sure. Carol Sue Gershman

Is there perfection, EVER?

Honestly, I thought my book was a done deal. When I announced the title, "The Black Man, The Jewish lady and the Road Trip, "I thought that Hollywood would call. I thought it was uniquely fabulous. Well, not so fast. There is more to a book than the title, (cover). Oh, not to say that those who have read my book do not love it. The response has been overwhelming. They are saying "highly entertaining, exciting, superbly honest, well written inspiring and sexy" But then they say, "Oh that grammar, the misspelled words and punctuations, phrasing." The experts said, "Get a editor" and that is exactly what I am doing. I am interviewing as we speak and soon I will have PERFECTION? HMMM..
Is there ever any??? Carol Sue Gershman

Who is the Older Woman, not me.

Who is the Older Woman around here?I am 72 years old, I get up in the morning, shower, dress, sip green tea and do what I need to do during the day. I get into my yellow mustang convertible, preferably with the top down, my hair blowing in the wind, and still get whistled at. My style of dressing is more of that of a junior body as I enjoy exercising. I do not have the need to put on stockings or a so called age appropriate dress or cover up. Well, living in Florida does help. I drive around town the same as when I was 17, jumping in and out of the car all day trying to accomplish what I set out to do. Most of the time I prefer to walk, carrying home large bags of groceries or bottles of water. No, there is not an older woman around here. Just a woman. Can you relate?

Don't Cut your hair

I would like to see people becoming more comfortable with the way they age

Why not follow your spirit rather than your actual, chronological age?

I know women who have reached the young age of 50-55 years old. And now, because they are of that age, they have a preconceived notion that they must immediately cut their hair. It matters not if they have beautiful, flowing locks. Somehow it is ingrained in us to think that the masses will look at us as being ridiculous if we keep such a look.

On the same token, even if they have a desire or regimen already involving exercise and have a nice body they would not dare to put on a bikini. They will immediately switch to a one-piece bathing suit, preferably with some shorts, only because they are of a certain age. This really amazes me!

Why allow society to dictate to you how you should look and feel when in fact you do not feel that way.

There are two ages: Chronological and Spiritual

You can feel young in spirit during your entire time here on the planet. No one should dictate to you that you should not do things solely based on your chronological age.