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When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple

When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple

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Rating: 3 stars
Summary: When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple
Review: If you are expecting the be uplifted by this book you will be disappointed.

I was expecting more humor but left this book feeling depressed.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: This is a wonderful book and I recommend it all the time.
Review: Old women were an important part of my growing up. This book brings recognition to the aunts, neighbors, grandmothers, and other older women who made such a difference in how I looked at growing older. I love the stories, especially the one about the two women who are friends, even if they are so diferent. When I read that story, I think the two women represent both sides of who I am.

If you are afraid of growing older, read this book. It will help you understand that while its hard, its also an exciting and powerful part of our lives.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Classic and Classy Gift for the Maturing Woman....
Review: This book is a great gift for that woman (or sensitive guy) who is celebrating one of the Big Birthdays - whether 30, 40, 50, 60 or more.

Along with the usual boring gifts that joke about being over the hill, this gift is a welcome and much needed aid to the transition that birthdays mark. The well-loved poem encourages the reader to appreciate each moment of life while it is happening.

I have received this as a gift, loaned out mine, given copies as gifts. It always seems to be appreciated. Its a nice gift by itself. For someone really special to you - mother, sister, friend, lover - it could be given with a small piece of purple - a scarf, tie, t-shirt, flowers, earrings. Everytime the purple gift is worn, the gift and the poem will be remembered, and the moment will linger....

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Classic and Classy Gift for the Maturing Woman....
Review: This book is a great gift for that woman (or sensitive guy) who is celebrating one of the Big Birthdays - whether 30, 40, 50, 60 or more.

Along with the usual boring gifts that joke about being over the hill, this gift is a welcome and much needed aid to the transition that birthdays mark. The well-loved poem encourages the reader to appreciate each moment of life while it is happening.

I have received this as a gift, loaned out mine, given copies as gifts. It always seems to be appreciated. Its a nice gift by itself. For someone really special to you - mother, sister, friend, lover - it could be given with a small piece of purple - a scarf, tie, t-shirt, flowers, earrings. Everytime the purple gift is worn, the gift and the poem will be remembered, and the moment will linger....

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Gracefully OLD!
Review: This is the second book that I read of the anthology ...and it is as sweet and as touching ..sometimes funny but always heartbreaking!
This one describes those feelings and complications of old age... the respect old people deserve, and the understanding of those around them... how sad it feels after years of giving and support to find yourself alone, befriending your memories ... silently!!

It reminded me of my grandmother....of my mother-in-law! It makes me appreciate my mom even more! I don't know if I will be as graceful and fragile as them .. but I sure know that one day I would like to have a daughter by my side .. holding my hand but not leading me!!

It is after all a journey .. from one stage to the other .. physically, mentally and spiritually ... with a partner by your side, children and friends ..but there is always this stop when you look around and find no one ... then you realize that "you do have to get old before you do some thinking about some things!? "

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: What a wonderful lesson
Review: This little (?) book, tells so much and teaches such a great lesson of life. In so few pages, aging and what it means is addressed. Live life each moment.

Living in a retirement community for over 11 years, I have found so much truth to the stories. Some make you laugh, some make you cry. Some might depress you, others are so uplifting. It is difficult to read without having any emotion at all. Now at age 55 I am a member of AARP, but not ready to stop living, that is for sure!

So what that this is the "down" side ..... the freedom and wisdom to chose and chose more wisely at that..... means so much more than a date!

What is the old expression about you start to die from the moment you are born? That is true, so you might as well get the most out of the ride, yes?

hmmmmmmmm I think I see a new scarf awaiting me... and yes, it is purple.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: What a wonderful lesson
Review: This little (?) book, tells so much and teaches such a great lesson of life. In so few pages, aging and what it means is addressed. Live life each moment.

Living in a retirement community for over 11 years, I have found so much truth to the stories. Some make you laugh, some make you cry. Some might depress you, others are so uplifting. It is difficult to read without having any emotion at all. Now at age 55 I am a member of AARP, but not ready to stop living, that is for sure!

So what that this is the "down" side ..... the freedom and wisdom to chose and chose more wisely at that..... means so much more than a date!

What is the old expression about you start to die from the moment you are born? That is true, so you might as well get the most out of the ride, yes?

hmmmmmmmm I think I see a new scarf awaiting me... and yes, it is purple.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Hey honey!
Review: We're all getting old and fat! This book just makes you feel less alone about the ordeal!

Rating: 0 stars
Summary: Poet of "Life's Rainbow" reveals unusual impact of her poem
Review: WHEN I AM AN OLD WOMAN I SHALL WEAR PURPLE anthology
placed my poem "Life's Rainbow" on the last page,
highlighting its mystical sense of
"closure" or "opening" to afterlife.
Its popularity has encouraged
appreciative readers (teachers,
fellow poets, religious, therapists,
health workers) to use my poem in
their work

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A great book, but the title begs humor...
Review: When I am old, I shall BE purple


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