![]() ![]() Admittedly, I haven't given it much attention recently and have decided, that now my granddaughters are on School holidays, I will apply myself more, and you have inspired me to crack on. I am not a writer, and started a journal regarding my journey as an 11 year old girl from the Island of Barbados to London. One of whom has additional needs, and I feel very fortunate to be a part of her world, as it’svery creative. I am kept busy supporting my granddaughters with their many activities. ![]() Thank you very much, for yet another wonderful article and congratulations on your latest book and the joy you must get from your interaction with your grandson. Thank you for the power of sound with your micro-blog today. ![]() Many times it takes only one word or statement that falls differently onto a deaf ear and the ear shall hear again. Today I step away with an insightful message that may be just the key to unlocking my paralyzed being. I have followed your journey for several years seeing a large part of myself in your evolution through life. Reading your micro-blog today struck me in a healing sense, as you described the difference of your life today, moving into the next, most fully present wonderful you. Sadly, now happens to be that time for me. We all have, or will, lose a particular loved one during our life flight, that we may find most exceptionally difficult. Short of a year ago the devastating lose of my baby sister left me mentally paralyzed as I was standing on the precipice of turning 70 and staring down an empty barrel of life. just picked up with the wind and relocated into the next days repetitious thoughts, rendering once again a negative result. And yet, like the yellow that stains your finger tips in pursuit of dwarfing the pestilent white dandruff of the maturing dandelion, all my ambitious excitement goes up, up and away with the dandelions dandruff. My mind of late is all over the place with creative ideas and desires of new challenge’s that I wake to daily. Greetings Lyn.I love the whole approach and personal gain that I received from your micro-blog today in DISPATCHED FROM THE SHED. I am filled with gratitude that I can still remain independent in my own home, our retirement dream home. I learned that, in the blink of eye I could have lost my vision. I continue to repair my body and enrich my mind. I learned to let go of many so-called friends because they were just too exhausting. I share much with my family and 11 grandchildren. The new me is educating myself on topics I had no time for when younger. (My husband had passed away that year of me being 79.) We acted like we were all 30 years younger. I took my 4 adult children with me to Hawaii for a week. I survived the inevitable depression by planning. What I AM is still alive with vision and hope. I am no longer the gardener, hiker, or marathon reader. My list of medical specialists is impressive. Shoulders, hips, back, feet, neck and other various parts no long work as usual and a great deal of pain accompanies movement. I am now 82 and have been off the drug for almost a year and am still trying to correct side effects. I developed Cushing syndrome which eliminated all attractiveness and good body image. I’m a model, a writer, and a pro-aging activist.” Jacobson rejects the idea that older women can only be categorized by having grandchildren, stating how she “work tirelessly to promote the idea that older women can remain cool, stylish and relevant.I never considered myself old until, at the age of 79, I developed a rare illness which required a strong medicine which took away my ability to walk, rise from a chair or even get out of bed. She wrote on Instagram, “At the age of 83, I’m so much more than that. These women are beautiful and have a great sense of fashion, demonstrating the fact that older ladies can wear vibrant, sexy, and avant-garde clothing as well, if not better, as any young person.ĭorrie Jacobson, the face behind the Instagram account seniorstylebible, recently spoke out about the media attention she is receiving, stating that she wishes that news outlets would stop using the word “Grandma” to reference her. They represent something that is rarely seen in the media: older women who express their beauty and confidence. In an age where many models or fashion companies take to Instagram to promote their brand, it is refreshing to see older women take up the trend, helping to make a more inclusive and exciting fashion sphere. With witty handles such as and these older women are shaking up our ideas of who fashion is meant for. ![]() These over-60 fashionistas have active Instagram style accounts, where they flaunt their confidence and flair to a mass following, ranging from younger women to their peers, The New York Times reports. We have new Instagram style inspirations for your feed, and the subjects put the extra in extraordinary. ![]()
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