When I am an old woman

Several years ago, I participated in a women's group that was given a writing assignment.  We were handed a piece of paper, folded in half.  The front page had a picture of a woman standing by a small lake, feeding ducks.  At the bottom of the page are the words "When I am an old woman . . ."
At the top of the 2nd page are the words "I'll be. . ."
and I wrote: "the one the younger women, yes, even young girls, will turn to.  I will love having their company.  We'll drink tea or lemonade - they can tell me their dreams and I'll tell them mine.  I will cherish each moment we share - and when they leave to go on their way - I'll smile and sigh of big sigh - now I can go put my feet up and watch a football game."
At the top of the 3rd page are the words "I'll do . . ."
and I wrote: "the little things for the children that their parents are too busy to do - read a story, color in the cloring book with them, listen to them intently, as if they matter, because they DO!
At the top of the 4th page are the words "I'll have . . .
And I wrote: "more words to speak out against injustice - more silence to hear the song of the wind - more love in my heart to give away - and memories of my life as a woman.  Glory be!  A woman's life!

The idea for this project came from that most phenomenal book "At the Root of This Longing" by Carol Lee Flinders.  If you haven't read it, promise yourself, actually, take an oath, make a vow, that you will read it before the end of January 2010!

And now, dear and beloved readers, what will you do when you are an old woman?