My aunt is over from New Zealand and visiting us for a couple of days. She has just celebrated her 75th birthday with a trip to Sydney with a friend and is currently in England (via Canada) for a couple of weeks.
She is SO not what you would expect a 75 year old to be and my kids can’t believe she is older than Nana (my mum). She takes care of herself, looks like she is in her 50s and has such an exuberant, can-do character that I find her an inspiration.
Every now and then, like Lily who I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, one meets or recognises ordinary people who prompt the thought ‘I want to be like you’. There is no celebrity status to promote them, no particular outstanding achievement to single them out, no inspirational life-choice to emulate; just a normal person who is living their life with passion, positivity, laughter and love. My aunt is one of them and I admire her hugely for it.
“…..I wanna be like you
I wanna talk like you
Walk like you, too
You’ll see it’s true
Someone like me
Can learn to be
Like someone like you”
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I LOVE this Sarah- there’s something very inspiring about older ladies living life to the fullest! A peek into the years ahead for us….God willing!