Quote Originally Posted by birdgirl73
I just want to go on the record here and make it clear that, having seen your picture, the bloom is in NO way off the rose. The bloom, if anything, is even more beautiful because as a grownup, you're wiser and have more of that empathy you spoke of up above. That and, as Stinky, who has met you in person, can confirm, because you're simply drop-dead gorgeous with a softness and vulnerability that enhances those qualities. I'm afraid I cannot allow you to say things like that "off-the-rose" comment about yourself.

So let's review. You're gorgeous and still in full bloom. You have a kind, compassionate, empathetic heart. And you're continuing your intellectual development. That, my friend, is the quintessential definition of beauty.
Okay, now you've made me cry like a little girl! I feel so lucky to have met such amazingly beautiful (inside and out) women here- who would ever have thought such a thing could happen on a cannabis board on the internet? Thank you for your kind words, lovely birdgirl!

Getting older is hard sometimes, the way our society makes such a big deal out of youth - it seems like it shouldn't matter, but it does. However, your words remind me that laugh lines are a sign of a life well-lived! And boy have I laughed a lot!