This is Judy. My “Me” Creed

I am not normal.  Nor do I wish to be.

I am not famous.

I am not wealthy.

I have no degree. But I have knowledge. Yet, I know nothing for sure except love and kindness always win in the end.

I am now a “Senior Citizen.”  But I am not old.

I am not resigned.

I am not boring.

I will not go unnoticed.

I am outrageous!

I am willing. 

I am willing to grow.

I am open to learn.

I am willing to speak up for what I believe and speak out against what I do not.

I did not always know these things about myself. I do now.

I had to learn them through experience, trial, and error.

I have made mistakes.  I will make more.

I am willing to acknowledge them when I do,  and to make amends.

I am braver than I think I am!

I am here right now, and I claim my space and my right to inhabit it.

I am proud of the me I am today.  I am me.

Judy Gratton

2022