"Alone, we can be washed away.
Together, we stand strong!"
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The WOW! Spring Cruise is History and
a Wonderful Time Was Had By All!
We loved New Orleans and are ready to go back soon. Here we're having Brunch at Emeril's newest restaurant--NOLA. Yum! Picture doesn't include all of us. Just (from left to right) Michelle Martinez, Me, Laurie Powell, Pat Cowles and part of Rita C
Nancy, with a big smile or mouth wide open--take your pick!
The band (that you can't see) was so great. Jean (one of our group) joined Vickie (one of the 10 Alabama group of women) to show us how to "get a little exercise."
Starting from the left:
Sitting: Laurie Powell (Arlington), Michelle Martinez, Georgia Phillips,
(Both from Fort Worth) Beverly Haynes (Hobbs, N Mex)
Standing: Jean Mauro, (Suffern, NY) Rita Clark (Dallas), Nancy (San
Antonio), and Pat Cowles (Austin)
Last meal. . .breakfast
before we left the ship. Can you see and feel the close
friendship? Eight was such a great number. Four of us cruised
together last year, two of us had never cruised before, two of
us didn't know a single soul but Nancy. Now we're friends,
looking forward to seeing one another soon--maybe Fiesta?
Some of us went right to the airport, some took a bus tour from
the ship around NOLA and then to the airport and some of us
started our drive home.
Talk about a cruise adventure. Laurie Powell, rappelling over the Rain Forest in Belize.
And finally, the absolute highlight of the trip for some of us:
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Beginning in our fifties, but with even more intensity as the decades follow, we mull over the questions: Where have I been? Where am I now? Where am I going? We examine not only those things that have meaning in our lives, but also the meaning of our lives. --Maria Harris
To get treated properly, we must first treat ourselves well. Our “no” must mean no! We’ll teach ourselves how we wish to be treated. We’ll wake up to better, healthier possibilities. I want to imagine brighter, more intelligent contexts for my life. I want wisdom, the attribute that age enhances. For some reason, this task of awakening wisdom makes me anxious—it asks me to move out of my comfort zone. --Marsha Sinetar
Wise Older Women!
by Glenda Bradley
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We are wise older women,
we have learned many things.
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we are smart and we are strong.
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We say what we think.
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An Online Literary Magazine by Women Over 60
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