Pop-up Proverb 5
Pop-up Proverbs are sayings that catch my fancy as I go about my day. Some have surprising sources; all of them have made me stop and think – and maybe smile a little.
#5 – Aging
Grace: “Mother, there’s a splendid new book on avoiding old age. You ought to read it.”
Abbie Deal: “I’m only sixty-two, Grace, and I don’t see any signs of senility. You can’t avoid old age, but you don’t need to think about it.”
From A Lantern in Her Hand, page 221
by Bess Streeter Aldrich
What a coincidence! I’m reading that book RIGHT now. I love the sense of Nebraska in that story, and the awareness that some of those strong and resilient attitudes have filtered down into today’s Nebraskan.
A Lantern in Her Hand is this year’s One Book, One Nebraska selection, so we decided to read it in our book club. Most of the members said they had read it in high school, but it was a first for me, of course. I have loved the other Bess Streeter Aldrich books I’ve read: The Lieutenant’s Lady, Miss Bishop, and The Cutters. Of the three, I liked The Cutters the best. Really fun reading!