Mimi was my grandmother, and at 95 years old, with her body and mind perfectly intact (photographic memory) until her last breath, she passed away three years ago. But what is interesting about her top notch health is that she never cared about any kind of beauty or health regimen. She absolutely hated to cook. In fact, she
loved salt, cookies, regular Coke, potato chips, the fattiest cheese around, coffee (with Equal), BLTs, eggs, hamburgers, fries, goetta, sausage, whatever. She never cared about fat, calories, cholesterol, and she didn't drink much water, but she wasn't overweight at all. She was always the perfect weight. In fact, I
never saw her drink water, and she didn't drink much of
anything at all. Amazingly, her skin was lovely. I think her beauty secret was that she never worried about anything. Of course she did constantly pray for others, but as for her own health and diet, she just did whatever the hell she wanted. All the time. Each day she lived. She smoked for forty years before she quit. She enjoyed
many cocktails. She
never exercised a day in her life. Whenever she saw a jogger, she'd say the following: "They sure don't look like they're having any fun."
Now I might not follow her eating habits, and I exercise, and I don't suggest this route for all readers, or any, for that matter, ha, but there's something to be said for the wisdom behind that kind of living, and I do agree with her motto:
love others, less worry, don't try so hard, let it roll, whatever works for you, who cares, more fun!
Love to you,
C.A. MacConnell
