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"When I am an old woman I shall wear purple

with a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me;

And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves

and satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.

I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired

and gobble up samples in shops

and press alarm bells

and run my stick along the public railings

and make up for the sobriety of my youth.

I shall go out in my slippers in the rain --

and pick the flowers in other people's gardens

and learn to spit ...

But maybe I ought to practice a little now?

So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised

when suddenly I am old

and start to wear purple."

- Jenny Joseph

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I've learned

that life offers more

than most people take.

I've learned

that many people live their lives

within small circles,

afraid to go out ...

afraid to let others in.

And I've also learned that

at the end of life's game

most people wish

that, somehow,

they could have

played it

differently."

- Javan




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We turn

Not older every year,

But newer every day."



- Emily Dickinson

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A butterfly lights beside us

like a sunbeam,

And for a brief moment

its glory and beauty

belong to our world.

But then it flies on again,

and though we wish

it could have stayed,

we feel so lucky

to have

seen it.

- author unknown (contributed by Trish Theut, RN)




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