I was very content about them. I just embraced them. Everybody comments about it, and they asked me if I color my hair. No, this is all natural and I’m very, very happy about them.
Age: it’s just not a number anymore, it’s how you feel inside. Just take care of yourself, and those wrinkles will be your signature, will be your statement of who you are.
What makes me feel alive is having my family around me. I lost my mother when I was very young, and I came to live with my sister—one of my older sisters. So there was that sense of loss, and where I belong and where was I gonna go? But my sisters were all very incredible for me, all of them. I have five, so they all took care of me and they guided me through that you know going to school, of course, staying in school and all the way through my I guess mid-30s.
I fell in love, of course. Then there’s my wonderful husband, who 37 years later, we’re here. He was my inspiration as well, because he’s just as animated, he’s energetic, and he would lift me up if I didn’t feel good.
I have three wonderful kids. My daughter who is the oldest, she’s 35. She’s given me the most beautiful grandbabies. I have two sons in the middle and my youngest is going to be 29-years-old and they are fantastic. I feel like I did my job.
I’m so proud to be 61.