I remember reading this years ago and it stayed in my mind ever since, but somehow I never found a copy of it again... I am sure many of you have read it over the years... but my dear friend Jen sent me a copy this week and I love it just as much as I remembered....
Purple Hats....
Age 3 She looks at herself and sees a Queen
Age 8 She looks at herself and sees Cinderella
Age 15 She looks at herself and sees an Ugly Sister ('Mum, I can't go to school looking like this!')
Age 20 She looks at herself and sees 'too fat / too thin / too short / too tall / too straight / too curly' - but decides she's going out anyway
Age 30 She looks at herself and sees 'too fat / too thin / too short / too tall / too straight / too curly' - but decides she doesn't have time to fix it, so she's going out anyway
Age 40 She looks at herself and sees 'clean' and goes out anyway
Age 50 She looks at herself and sees 'I am' and goes wherever she wants to
Age 60 She looks at herself and reminds herself of all the people who can't even see themselves in the mirror anymore - goes out and conquers the world
Age 70 She looks at herself and sees wisdom, laughter and ability and goes out to enjoy life
Age 80 Doesn't even bother to look - just puts on a purple hat and goes out to have fun with the world
Maybe we should put on that purple hat earlier...
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