Message from my body

Woke up early morning feeling like I had the flu... Sore and feverish body! Was it from dehydration from being under the sun and walking around in high-heeled shoes for almost 3 hours the day before? Or was it a message from my mind and body that I should give myself some rest from a stressful and largely thankless job?  

Changing

Trying out Mama's glass beads

... euphemism for growing older. When wrinkles deepen, grey hairs multiply, and chins double. When self-images do not merge with a beholder's view. Am I afraid of growing older? Maybe I am. So I just hold on to my youth with pictures of how it was. And maybe, be thankful still of how it is (at 53).