For twenty years, Laurie Beth Jones has been collecting sayings - jotting them on pieces of paper and then stashing them in drawers. As her fame as an author grew, readers began asking for more of Jones' thoughts and philosophies on life and growing older, until she decided to collect them in a charming gift book illustrated with simple line drawings.
These are modern day proverbs and witticisms from a woman's perspective on aging gracefully and living fully. This book puts into the briefest words what many of us think and feel as we go through life, illuminating the joys of nature and companionship with humanity and God, as well as gentle hints to finding our purpose. Jones' collection asks us to find strength in ourselves. Whether it is a saying like "Each breath was made hesitation until her life became merely longing" or the simple "a frown is a bowl of bad just spilled (while) a smile is a bowl of joy now filled" these thoughts challenge us to look at the world through new eyes, kinder eyes, simplifying eyes, and get out of our rocking chairs to "grow something besides old."
