The Gray Wave

The Gray Wave ~ 

sounds like a salon do

something elegant, 

something flamboyant

something chic.

The gray wave ~

a term coined for

a vast aging population ~

any of us over 65.

And with that definition, 

it could become

ominous,

threatening.

Our adult children, 

working

playing

standing on the shore

of their own generation,

have been told to watch and wait for

the tsunami of our advanced and advancing years.

We children of the 60’s

wanted to do things differently 

be individuals in somehow a different manner

~ and often did.

Our next challenge?

Growing old and aging ~

flamboyantly,

elegantly

and with great chic!

Let it also be a time for 

respect and honour

learning and kindness

understanding and compassion

for, and of, each other as individuals.

We are not just an amorphous gray wave.......

“No one should part with their individuality

and become that of another.”

~ William Ellery Channing