Old is Not Done With

Old is not done with... It is my understanding that some of the Oriental countries:  China, Japan, Korea, really respect their elders and include them in honorable positions of society.

Unfortunately, that is not exactly the same in the American culture, where old tends to be equated with antiquated, outdated, and useless...

Over the years, we are beginning to understand that old means experience and knowledge that we can not replace.

I am watching the movie "The Space Cowboys"  An outdated set of would be astronauts who want to prove their worth to do a space mission. They are determined to "cut the mustard" and qualify for the opportunity to do a space mission..

What bravado, gumption, and courage to do what needs to be done...

This is a good movie, and it helps us to understand that old is not bad....

I applaud Clint Eastwood who has done so many wonderfully relevant and sociologically important movies:  Gran Torino, Flags of Our Fathers, Letters from Iwo Jima, but how many more are you not aware of: http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/clint-eastwood/1028651/filmography .

I am grateful to be able to watch this move...  I am grateful to be able to enjoy the irony and improbability of this movie..

Circle the Wagons

In 1993 Jimmy Valvano and ESPN founded the V Foundation for Cancer Research... Jimmy Valvano was the "legendary" North Carolina State basketball coach who was diagnosed with cancer....

Kay Yow was the North Carolina State women's basketball coach, and she succumbed to cancer in 2009.  She, too, was a legend...

In December 2007, the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund in partnership with The V Foundation was established as a charitable organization committed to finding an answer in the fight against women’s cancers.

Throughout the women's basketball season, mention is made of the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund but in February, things get ramped up... Teams wear pink, ask their fans to wear pink, collect donations, have fund raisers, all to collect money for cancer research...

Women do it better:  we network better, we support better, we help each other better. To me, it is awe-inspiring to see how we work together to help support cancer research...