http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/2008/05/21/green-eyed-blonde/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=green-eyed-blonde Girl-friendly points of view from women living midlife with humor and grace, keeping it real—staying young and healthy in heart and mind. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:30:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/2008/05/21/green-eyed-blonde/comment-page-1/#comment-100 beezersmom Wed, 21 May 2008 16:12:24 +0000 http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/?p=115#comment-100 What an incredibly lovely piece of writing. Only a mature heart could pour forth so much emotion and wrap it up so beautifully in the metaphor of needlework; women's work. I really sensed your pain at choices and wrong turns taken in your past, and the need, as the final years move closer, to repair and mend not only your own personal mistakes, but those our peers (in age, not in reasoning ability) have made that will impact our children and our children's children for decades to come. Thank you so very much for sharing the information about Tom Friedman's book and Kiva. What an incredibly lovely piece of writing. Only a mature heart could pour forth so much emotion and wrap it up so beautifully in the metaphor of needlework; women’s work. I really sensed your pain at choices and wrong turns taken in your past, and the need, as the final years move closer, to repair and mend not only your own personal mistakes, but those our peers (in age, not in reasoning ability) have made that will impact our children and our children’s children for decades to come. Thank you so very much for sharing the information about Tom Friedman’s book and Kiva.

]]> http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/2008/05/21/green-eyed-blonde/comment-page-1/#comment-98 C Robin Wed, 21 May 2008 14:39:17 +0000 http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/?p=115#comment-98 Thanks for the optimistic look at the present and the future. I was exposed to Kiva.org last holiday season and it is awesome! For just a small amount of money, just $25 (less than the cost of dinner) you could help an individual or a family in a developing country to start or sustain a small business. Microlending is where it's at -- using the "it takes a village" model at the core. And the Green Century? I'm all over it! Thanks for the optimistic look at the present and the future. I was exposed to Kiva.org last holiday season and it is awesome! For just a small amount of money, just $25 (less than the cost of dinner) you could help an individual or a family in a developing country to start or sustain a small business. Microlending is where it’s at — using the “it takes a village” model at the core. And the Green Century? I’m all over it!

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