Girls, I have a boring old fashion vs function question.

@Elandra77 Try the Esther Williams website; the famous swimmer of yesteryear now designs swimsuits for older women, including old fashioned 1950s style bikinis. Old styles for older gals.

@greenmountaingal Thank You . I may do that. I love 20's and 50's fashion! But a 20's suit I would not wear anymore.

Aww, but "us*" (*haha, lapse in judgment) young girls love those too. Probably something I should look into until I can get back to working out regularly, and eventually, when I've EARNED it, the plastic surgery I'd like to have to fix some things. Scars are beautiful to me, so I wouldn't mind having them. The scars my weight gain left run deeper than I'm comfortable with. Erm, that's just, word-for-word what my friend says, I mean. Teehee.

@Elandra77 I think you're probably going to be beautiful at any age, sweet Elandra.

@KayraJordyn Thank You! That is sweet. I have a feeling you will be as well.

Haha, we'll see. If I'm anything like my parents, my future could maybe be not so terrible.

But my mother... 🤗 she is -still- a rare beauty. I'd be lucky to age like her! (She's the first "mature" woman to let me apply full makeup to her, and her skin was soft as silk, and plump and perfect. Wrinkles told me to lighten the foundation, the sticky kind, with just a touch of powder to seal it. I hadn't felt jealous of my sweet mother since I started regretting not having a drivers license haha. Anyway, silly, erratic me, my med is kicking in, and I tend to feel more nostalgia when it does.

You're an intriguing person, Elandra.

@KayraJordyn Thanks*furiously blushes*

Sounds like your Mother is a great role model.

Haha, sorry. I come off a bit emotional, because that's the way I connect to people. I will be careful. 😊

Yes, my mother really does have qualities that are amazing, qualities I never really noticed before she got surgery, got rid of a brain tumor, and came back to us. I witnessed my ultra strong father have his first panic attack while she was in surgery. I wish I'd been able to break through the barrier that formed as her brain tumor grew, closing her off from us. But broke through she did, by the grace of God, imho. Not all of us have been so blessed as to find the problem, root it out, rule out "irregular cells" aka cancer, and heal enough to go on to contribute to the household income, as well as care for her mother and dying father.

I see the empathy in her I never knew came to me -from- her. Perception is crazy. Reality is even more unbelievable. But then, I pray for miracles, small and large, where it concerns those I care about.

Stay kind, Elandra.

@KayraJordyn i thought all of your replies we re very nice. I could sense the sincerity- and love -if not respect in them for your mother and the post.

Stay sweet.

Thank you, Elandra. You too!