Babies in your 50's - NO WAY!

We have a new temporary entrance and exit - school's on today in Cobb County - except for Clarkdale Elementary - totally flooded and kids are displaced. Sad - everything in the total school ruined - from computers to teacher's lesson plans.

Linda McCartney was born this day in 1941. Her maiden name was Eastman - I always that she was rich from Eastman Kodak, but when I read it was Linder department stores - her mother's side. I wrote about her today because I think she and Paul had a truly fabulous marriage. I heard him say they never spent one night a part. I was so impressed - not many marriages out there like that. Breast cancer claimed her.

Again from another magazine I read about the stories of about 5 women who had children in their 50's and one at age 61. I can't think of many more things I'd rather not be doing then having a baby at age 56! Two of them had twins.

Now am I dumb or what, but is that possible? Yikes. Well, it is possible. I learned this last Saturday night - had a girls (?) night out. Let me set the stage here:

There were four of us. One of the women in the group is moving back to Ohio this weekend so we partied a little bit - a glass of wine - okay we're not big drinkers. Two of them were women in their 30's who had graduated medical school and were waiting to hear from residencies, one had just turned 50 (a PHD), and me the oldest at 56 - smart, but not like these academic gals.

Anyway we had some girlie girl talk and some lessons were given and I gained some new knowledge. You're never to old to learn I guess. Man have I been out somewhere because things have sure changed.

So yes, women in their later years can have children - naturally - if you think taking hormones to keep one 'going' is natural. They said extra hormones can cause brain tumors in some cases. So no thanks. I said I was smart - no more kids for me!

Then they read magazine articles that had some pretty interesting information in them - so I got some lessons in the ways of the world. Ladies, we found out that chocolate is good for a lot of things . . . personally I think it tastes good and makes me feel good . . .

Also took a stab at some tests and tried to answer the questions. (LOL)

Then we talked about the song below - Getting You Home by Chris Young - what girl wouldn't like that song?

They were all single except me, but we had a good time. Unusual, but good.

So tell me - would you want to have children now?

Chatty

An experiment . . .

" Whether you and I and a few others will renew the world some day remains to be seen. But within ourselves we must renew it each day." - Herman Hesse

I have been thinking about what I want to do with my Blog now that my trip to Alaska is over - which by the way makes me sad. I loved Alaska and talking about it. I find that life does go on, but Alaska will stay in my heart forever.

In keeping with the original theme or thought I wanted for my blog was to talk some about my own journey, but mostly it was to learn how to keep a positive spirit - no matter what - in a sometimes negative world. Which at times can be hard. I think it takes work and effort daily. We must renew our self daily. It's okay to get down, it's not okay to stay down - at least for me.

Now another thing I'm thinking about is the movie Julie and Julia. Julie was floundering around which sometimes (lol) I can relate to. I wish I had thought of that myself. To cook through Julia Child's cookbook - The Art of French Cooking - but alas, don't know if I am much of a chef. . .

So what can I do for awhile? What could I write about that would hold our interest and be positive at the same time?

I want to write about inspiring people. Famous or not so famous women and men. I've been giving it thought about how to do that. Should I do it by birthdays? Pick someone out of the blue?

I've been working on this already and it is going to take some work on my part - which is good for me - as it will keep my mind busy in this period of 'flux' I'm going through.

So I hope you'll enjoy my efforts with some positive quotes, some people who I think are hero's, some pictures, and songs. If you have any suggestions let me know and I'll look them up and blog on them. I think I started yesterday with the strong women in my life who are facing cancer. They are not famous, but they are hero's non-the-less.

Now the You Tubes below - is of Mariah Carey's song - The 'Hero' Within You - if we all can remember there's a little bit of hero in all of us - that we don't have to be big hero's or a famous hero - just a little hero - sometimes just getting though the day is hero enough.

And this video talks about "Famous Failures" - People who didn't give up even when at first they failed. We can never, ever give up. Yoda - 'Do or do not, there is no try'. I love that quote.
http://www.tangle.com/view_video?viewkey=16bfb07c7f3bf96d8854&utm_source=newsletter0722&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weeklytopvideos

And who to better to continue with then Winnie The Pooh - he's my grandson's hero or was - and if you look at him and his personality qualities - they're good ones with good values.

"You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think". - Christopher Robin to Pooh

So who are you? Pooh, Eeyore, Rabbit, Tigger, or Piglet? They all have distinct personalities. Maybe you're a blend. I am.

Love,
Chatty