ACT THREE

HEY EVERYONE........I'M 60

YUP

ENTERING ACT THREE OF MY LIFE.

I heard this from Jane Fonda a long time ago, that she figures LIFE is divided up into Three Acts. Like a Play.

What bigger play is there............then your life's story

Act One.............birth to 30

ah yes, the beginning.  Your formative years. Where everything seems like it will last forever and where everything seems Possible.

The first act of a play, is set up to "introduce" the story.  Get people interested.

BEGINNINGS

Act Two.....30 to 60

Now you need to "develop" the story. Lay out the reasons, the events, the feelings, of WHY things happened they way they did

leaving a little room for...........suspense?? the unexpected

there is a lot happening in this Act

It is deeper then Act one, because now you come to understand that sometimes things DON'T last forever, and things may not be Quite as possible as you thought.  Oh yes, you are not as invincible as you thought.

NOW the reader (or audience)  is hooked.

Act Three.......60, to death. (perhaps 90?)

This is the Act where the "story" has to make some sense. Where events, feelings and all experiences start to mean something.

You have to TIE all the parts together.

so.............that by the END of the story, there is the climax, the "ahhh, now I get it" or the

WOW, was that ever interesting/crazy/ amazing

I AM IN ACT THREE

I certainly HOPE I can start to tie in all the pieces of my life.  Understand the Why's

Strengthen the CORE of who this story is about

become meaningful

become relevant

find peace

YUP, that is my journey now...............hopefully until I am 90

MEET MY GRANDMOTHER

you know how they say 60 is the new 50's (or 50 is the new 40's etc)

Well here in this photo my grandma is holding me

She was probably 40 in this photo

YET........in those days, 40 was.....well 40.

I LOVE THIS LADY

yet, she looks so much older then we do/did at 40

her life was harder

she didn't have

Suzanne Sommers Thigh Master

jeans

Dr. Oz's gazillion vitamin suggestions and health alerts

Zumba

Kenny Rogers and Dolly Partons face lift motivations

botox

Kim Kardashians butt implants

mascara

TAMPONS

pedicures, manicures, spas

sunscreen

 Spanks

hair dryers, blow dryers, flat irons

liposuction, tummy tucks, breast implants

teeth bleaching

NONE OF THAT

she was a hard working farm wife, who, well............looked like this at 40

but you know what she was

SOFT SHOULDERS TO CUDDLE ON

so we ask ourselves, WHAT is 60 supposed to look like

well, considering all those things above at our disposal

HARD TO SAY

Aren't we LUCKY

Here is a photo of me at 17..........this is what I looked like when Mr. Gorgeous met me

when He...We fell in love

Actually still in Act One

Here is a photo of me and my high school girlfriend

she is only 10 days older then me

She introduced me to Mr. Gorgeous, through her brother

We are now 60

So Now

really

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT

in Act Three

But I'll work on it

make it interesting

relevant

meaningful

find peace



This is me standing before "my mountain"

Old Chief

It is very close to where my parents live

WHERE GRANDMA GREW UP

I think I'll have many mountains yet to climb

conquer

defeat

face up to

but in the end

I REALLY JUST WANT TO BE

SOFT SHOULDERS TO CUDDLE ON

and p.s

This is what Mr. Gorgeous gave me for my birthday

A FAMILY RING

each of my five children........birthstone

jewels

depicting the JEWELS they really are in my life.

all of them