Birthday Preferences of an Aging Starlet
Buy me no presents, bake me no cake.
Hang no reminders for my sake.
All these attempts to jubilate me
simply serve to aggravate me.
Let birthday banners remain furled.
Share not the knowledge with the world
that I, alas, am one year older.
Strike it from my bio folder.
This trend of aging gracefully
does not work for dames like me
who strut our stuff upon the stage,
for starlets aren’t allowed to age.
In lieu of throwing me a bash,
why not simply give me cash?
I’ll put the money to good use
obscuring aging’s cruel abuse.
Advancing years require rebuttal,
so I prefer to be more subtle.
I need a simple tuck of face
ere I approach the casting place.
I won’t allow youth to defy me.
while I have means to petrify me.
So spare me cards soulful or funny
I prefer you give me money!!
Prompt words today are subtle, cash, knowledge, jubilate and bake.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
Reblogged this on Busy Blessed Mess and commented:
THIS RIGHT HERE! With my upcoming birthday approaching I keep getting asked “what do you want for your birthday”. Well there’s a bunch of “stuff” I want…. but most of all I want my friends and family to come see me, celebrate with me and drop some cash into this money pit of life & aging! 😀 honestly. Think I’m gonna buy a money tree….
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I’m beginning to feel that way about both birthdays and anniversaries. Maybe after I pass 100?
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I still enjoy birthdays, but then I’m not an aging starlet by any stretch of the imagination.
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lol Judy. I agree. I actually am enjoying them more as each year passes.
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Money is good. 🙂
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But too much money seems to be evil.
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I meant for birthday presents. And I don’t the money is evil. It’s people who are 😦
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It doesn’t say money is the evil. It says it is the root of all evil…meaning what people will drive themselves to to obtain it.
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😂
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Brilliant!
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;o)
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Wonderful. I received money last birthday, as my youngest daughter told everyone not to show up without some money for me. I was so embarrassed when I learned of her strong-arm tactics, but she said you give to everyone and then they show up with nothing to give back. I will admit the extra money came in handy.
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Ha. How old is your youngest daughter?
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51 years old. She is the fierce one.
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Yes. Standing up for her mama. You don’t look old enough to have a 51 year old daughter. I thought perhaps she was a teenager.
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It’s harder and harder to find appropriate gifts as we all age — what do we need that we don’t already have? And what about thank you gifts for small favors like picking up the mail for a week, or taking a neighbor to the doctor and home for a procedure that requires no driving?
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Have you forgotten chocolate, Janet????
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The last one I had a problem with was Tom’s neighbors, who took him to and from his surgery and sat with him. They are VERY fussy about food, and we don’t know them well enough to know what they’ll eat. A gift card was the best solution for them. I usually bring home Danish cookies from Solvang for neighbors who pick up my mail — chocolate is good for some people, but not for all!
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Well, but then, who cares what “those” people think? If they don’t have the good taste to revere chocolate, they don’t deserve a gift!! And, there is always regifting.
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The one gift we are always willing to get rid of.
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“Advancing years require rebuttal,” – So, the aging starlet is getting a butt makeover?
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I like your perspective on this! I wrote an article a while ago titled titled “Activate your own fountain of Youth” – https://authorjoannereed.net/activate-your-own-fountain-of-youth/. Feel free to check it out!
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I am hoping genes play a large role as well since my grandmother died at the age of 96 and my mother at 91!
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I am not a scientist but looking around my own family I can say that good genes seems to pass down the family tree. I am counting on it! There is a high probability that you have inherited those good genes from your mother and grandmother! 😀👍
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I hope so. All the men in my family seem to die at age 70 or before–on both sides, but the women seems to have longevity.
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👍😀 Also known as Girl’s power
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