Chapter Two: green

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

AN IRISH VERSION OF THE CUP GAME

IT'S TIME TO THINK GREEN

I loved Ireland...the endless GREEN countryside and the miles and miles of rock walls. The music, the dancing, the Irish lace curtains and the gypsies that kept sneaking into our Shelbourne hotel... it was magical.

This version of "The Cup Song" with a young girl singing in Gaelic brought back lots of memories. I taught this game to the sixth grade girls at our school. They nearly drove their teachers crazy before the year was out.

One day I was sitting in the faculty room during lunch when suddenly we heard clapping and stamping coming through the wall that connected us to the girls bathroom. The teachers were shocked... "what on earth is that noise?" I quietly got up to leave and smiled ... "Beats me."

Imagine living in a world where everyone knows the rules

and you can count on the person to the left of you

and to the right, to keep them.

TURNING 60

Turning 60 was huge for me. It was like a window opened and I could see that I had a second chance. I was on my own, I had lost 70 lbs, I had a good job and my family was raised. I decided that for once I was going to matter to me!

I transformed myself from a "frumpy" housewife in my husband's sweats to a woman who values herself on every level. It's been fun and I've learned a lot.

I will be turning 65 this summer and now when I speak to the "mirror on the wall" each morning he says,

"My Dear... you may not be the youngest, the skinniest, the smartest or the most beautiful woman in the world, (by the way, she doesn't exist) but you ARE looking good. Put a smile on your face, be careful what comes out of your mouth and get out there!"

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Tuesday, March 4, 2014