It's been a long hard winter and I have been beset by illness, stress and personal tragedy. However I think, no I thought I'd weathered the storms, real and internal quite well until two incidents recently.
I was recently picking up a takeaway from a Cypriot restaurant with my mum and chatting with a staff member who, upon learning I had seven children, casually asked how old I was.
When I told her I was 50 her face registered shock. I waited for a soothing statement like:" Ooh you don't look that old." but it never came.....
A few days later I popped into a local pharmacy where a lovely lady often stands giving away beauty product samples. As usual she offered me a free sample and I thanked her and waited to see which of her many samples she would choose.
She stepped towards me, peered intently at my face then selected an "extreme day cream" to help correct deep lines and wrinkles and firm up saggy skin. Nice.
Ah well - at least I walked away with a freebie sachet.
I was recently picking up a takeaway from a Cypriot restaurant with my mum and chatting with a staff member who, upon learning I had seven children, casually asked how old I was.
When I told her I was 50 her face registered shock. I waited for a soothing statement like:" Ooh you don't look that old." but it never came.....
A few days later I popped into a local pharmacy where a lovely lady often stands giving away beauty product samples. As usual she offered me a free sample and I thanked her and waited to see which of her many samples she would choose.
She stepped towards me, peered intently at my face then selected an "extreme day cream" to help correct deep lines and wrinkles and firm up saggy skin. Nice.
Ah well - at least I walked away with a freebie sachet.