I came in ready to set the tone, and I really wanted to show (everyone) that our team, with me, could beat Dutch Fork.

We tried to send a message because we heard they had a (tall) player and we were shorter than her. We had to work real hard on defense.

I was scared. I was scared we were going to lose or something because we couldn't get any rebounds.

We came out to show who is really No. 1 in the state. We're just trying to do our best to get to the state championship. Offense is very important but defense is more important.

And her dumplings were so light they would float in the air and you'd have to catch 'em to eat 'em.

Suddenly being her age seemed great. She didn't have to look perfect. Hooray And think of all the senior discounts she had to look forward to not to mention Social Security Medicare and Medicaid. So what if she was afraid of getting old Big whoopdedoowho wasn't She wasn't alone everybody her age was in the same boat. She was going to relax and just let herself get older. Who cared if she wore twoinch heels instead of 3andahalf inch heels her feet hurt and not only that she was going to have a piec eof cake once in a while and she wasn't going to go anywhere she didn't feel like going anymore either. Bring on the Depends And the bunion pads and the Metamucil. And if she liked pretty music and old movies so what She wasn't hurting anyone.

Hazel had always said "If you're still breathing you're ahead of the game." And she'd been right. Life itself was something to look forward to and so for whatever time she had left she was going to enjoy every minute wrinkles and all. What a concept