What is my generation going to look like?
How will I be able to spot my group?
We were coming of age during the Vietnam War, the beetles, free love, bare feet and all that jazz? They call us the baby boomers.
How will we look when we take the place of the current "dinosaur" generation that use to be distinguished by blue hair and beauty pallor permanents and dressing in the same color as their husbands, driving big boat Cadillac and smoking and looking a little wrinkly and bent over.
That last generation was easy to spot when we moved to Florida nearly 20 years ago. Now they are fading away. Now they mostly walk in walkers or look so fragile they need help to get about.
My generation is about to replace them and we will be the last of our breed and proudly carry the title of the generation before us now, off the streets.
What are we going to look like? How will we make our mark?
Today, I had my first sighting of how my generation will dress. I knew instantly they were one of me....hahaha.
The sighting was at office depot. A woman, maybe my age but physically looking much older...hahaha.......No joke, wearing a beige fishnet tee shirt with a nude bra underneath. Her hair was a little longer than a G-I Jane, naturally curly and naturally grey.
She was one of us boomers. I sensed it. Inside I was saying to myself, "YES"!
I stepped to the side waiting for my husband to check out and I saw another of the new "dinosaur" generation. She was Tall, maybe my age but way too tan wearing short shorts a nice blouse and a gold hat with a big brim, that sat on her head with the brim parallel to the floor, perfectly posistioned. She looked chi and yet making a statement like the other woman, my gut heard the words:
"I am who I am. Like it or lump it! I'm alive."
Yeah! Good for us!
Us boomers are not getting older we are still the words off a coffee mug:

"And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the
bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."

Yes we are the new DINOSAURS. I can't wait for my next reason to get out of the house and spot some more.....hahaha...Of course I will be dressing up too! Ha!