"Old age is no place for sissies."

                                                                                              -Bette Davis

With age comes wisdom. There is certainly something to be said about learning from older women. Older women are a wonderful resource of knowledge. Debra, one of my closest friends is one of the smartest and wisest people I know. She seems to always have an answer. It is an unfortunate reality that older people in the United States are often ignored. Years ago, many families lived together with several generations in one household. Sadly, that is seldom the case anymore.

There is much to be learned from older women. Consider the following:

An older woman knows herself well enough to be assured in who she is, what she is, what she wants and from whom. Few older women give a damn about what people might think of her and what she is doing.

If a woman over 40 doesn’t want to sit around and watch the game, she doesn’t sit around whining about it. She finds something that she wants to do and does it.

Older women almost never ask a man, “What are you thinking about?” She knows he is either thinking about the game, food, sex or a combination of all three.

Older women are dignified. They seldom have a screaming match with a man in the middle of an expensive restaurant.

Older women are generous with praise, often undeserved. They know what it is like to be unappreciated.

Older women are forthright and honest.

                                                                         -Author Unknown

                                                                         The above is often erroneously

                                                                         Attributed to Andy Rooney