“You aren’t really 60. Just 21 with 39 years experience!”
On my Birthday:
“Three scores is 60 years ago,”
It is poetic as the shadows grow.
I selfishly holds memories a bliss
while yearning mom’s forgotten kiss.
While whispering the numbers to myself,
Longing the days of dolls and elves.
My hair has lightened, but heart still with song,
avoiding to think what can go wrong.
My steps are short, but back still strong,
Not trade my life, for here I belong.
Promises were made as a bride,
with giggles and fun still on the side.
With camera on ready, by my side
Memories to share at fireside.
Pages of memories filled with great times,
But help me folks, I’m now out of rhymes.
Life needs to be lived and not bankrolled,
It is not a rehearsal, so I’m told,
I embrace the future not with boredom, but joy,
So shout three scores as if a newsboy.
Maralee
Through My Lens 
Love this post, the photos, words, captions. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
Thank you very much, Francine.
Really looks like he or she is taking to YOU!
Sometimes I think they are yelling at me.
Happy birthday! We’re not getting older, we’re getting better….
Like good wine, we get better as we age.
Like good wine 😀 Happy Birthday!
You are so right. Thank you.
Happy Birthday!
Thank you very much.
Happy birthday Maralee!
Let your photographs speak for your age and nobody will recognize that you might get older. People only will wonder how experienced and creative you are 😉
Thank you. I hope I get more and more creative as I get older.
21 with 39 years experience, I like that. Happy Birthday 🙂
Thank you, David.
Very well aged – and all the better for it. Happy Birthday – and I hope the next decade is your best ever!
Thank you, Pat.
Fast approaching for me as well . . . although It could be argued we’ve been in our 60th year of life since last birthday.
Happy anniversary of your birth day.
In the oriental culture, you count your birth as your first year.
I wished you a happy on FB… but this is just made it worth a slightly longer wish…
Congratulations!
You have been traveling around the sun for 60 years now!
Here’s to more trips and a longer and fruitful journey through life.
Happy 60th birthday!
Look back on your life and see if you have made a change in our world or not. If you haven’t, you still have lots of time to do so. Continue and value your precious life!
Happy birthday one more time…
Thank you, Rob.
Have a blessed birthday. You are a lovely 60 who does not look her age.
Thank you, Lilly.
Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy!!!
(So, lessee . . . this would mean you would have been a senior when I was a freshman – remember when that was a big deal?)
Thanks, Carissa. I remember when I was a freshman and I thought the seniors were so old and mature. Same when I went to college. Now I know so much better . . . they’re still just kids with so much life experience ahead of them.
Happy Birthday, Maralee! You make 60 look really good!
Thank you, Judy.
I absolutely love this post :-). Happy Birthday Maralee!
Thanks so much, Marcus.
Only 60? Enjoy life while you are still young, I say. Happy birthday.
I’m going to enjoy every day. Thank you.