I watched Annie Lennox Sunday night on the American Music Awards. She is so beautiful. Not the kind of beauty that necessarily turns heads, though she is also that. Annie Lennox has the kind of beauty that I want - she has kept moving forward seeking truth and honesty in her personal life, faith and in her art. She also has the coolest website ever invented! That she stood on that stage, at age 53, in a black sequined dress, looking radiant, healthy, toned (but not skinny), she gives me hope for growing older with beauty and grace. It is extremely difficult for people of my generation to accept the fact that they are, indeed, getting older. Take me, for example. This morning at our usual post-church McDonald's visit I ordered a coffee. Before they poured it, I changed my mind and asked if they could switch my order to one of those new mocha drinks. When the price was adjusted, I realized the cashier had rung me up with a SENIOR coffee. Inside I was indignant...I was furious! I wanted to run to the mirror to see if I really looked ten years older. I wanted to put my face up to the poor boy and ask, "Seriously? Do I really look 55?!?" But I contained myself. In hindsight, he was probably just trying to be nice or something...doing me a favor. But I am wounded. Even Annie Lennox, at age 53, wouldn't qualify for a senior coffee. Is this my future?

Cool Annie resources:

The House of Me
Rise Like a Phoenix

Annie Lennox's Channel on YouTube
Religion- interview by Cathleen Falsani