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@Fat_imyy 3974

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@EmilySm43 If I got a tattoo tomorrow I’d have 100 (so 90 with no tats)!

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@MbarkCherguia Hod bless this man, this woman and her child. And yes, I would’ve stopped to help.

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@AtlBizRetweet @Wisdom_HQ I’m so sorry for your loss.

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[Suzie rizzio @Suzierizzo1]

These women are the most powerful and skilled female fighter pilots in the Air-force! Imagine Pete Hegseth trying to do what they do,but he thinks women aren’t capable of being in the Military! 🤬

[Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder]

Rest in peace, Patricia Routledge 🙏🏻

In memory of her, I encourage everyone to read these words of hers from February last year.

Whether young or old, you're bound to get something out of it.

*****

"I’ll be turning 95 this coming Monday. In my younger years, I was often filled with worry — worry that I wasn’t quite good enough, that no one would cast me again, that I wouldn’t live up to my mother’s hopes. But these days begin in peace, and end in gratitude.

My life didn’t quite take shape until my forties. I had worked steadily — on provincial stages, in radio plays, in West End productions — but I often felt adrift, as though I was searching for a home within myself that I hadn’t quite found.

At 50, I accepted a television role that many would later associate me with — Hyacinth Bucket, of Keeping Up Appearances. I thought it would be a small part in a little series. I never imagined that it would take me into people’s living rooms and hearts around the world. And truthfully, that role taught me to accept my own quirks. It healed something in me.

At 60, I began learning Italian — not for work, but so I could sing opera in its native language. I also learned how to live alone without feeling lonely. I read poetry aloud each evening, not to perfect my diction, but to quiet my soul.

At 70, I returned to the Shakespearean stage — something I once believed I had aged out of. But this time, I had nothing to prove. I stood on those boards with stillness, and audiences felt that. I was no longer performing. I was simply being.

At 80, I took up watercolour painting. I painted flowers from my garden, old hats from my youth, and faces I remembered from the London Underground. Each painting was a quiet memory made visible.

Now, at 95, I write letters by hand. I’m learning to bake rye bread. I still breathe deeply every morning. I still adore laughter — though I no longer try to make anyone laugh. I love the quiet more than ever.

I’m writing this to tell you something simple:

Growing older is not the closing act. It can be the most exquisite chapter — if you let yourself bloom again.

Let these years ahead be your TREASURE YEARS.

You don’t need to be famous. You don’t need to be flawless.

You only need to show up — fully — for the life that is still yours.

With love and gentleness,

Patricia Routledge

*****

Once more, rest in peace. 🤍

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

In a moment like this, when tensions are high, part of the job of the president is to remind us of the ties that bind us together.

[Susan Drone @susandrone]

@lippyent Yes. We also grew the potatoes.

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@HumanGlowRoom I love this video. I feel the love!!

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@mmpadellan AMEN 🙏🙏🙏

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@LucasSa56947288 🙌🙌

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@charise_lee Well isn’t this interesting…..

[Meidas_Charise Lee @charise_lee]

Big news. Musk is running the USA

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

MUST-WATCH: Senator Maggie Hassan just broke down in tears at the RFK Jr. hearing when she opened up about her 36-year-old son, who has severe cerebral palsy (CP).

Maggie is all of us. ❤️

[MAGA Cult Slayer @MAGACult2]

IT’S A FRIDAY NIGHT COUP!!! You have to watch this!!! Who is going to stop this madness?!?!! E lawn and Trump are stealing our country tonight! #FridaNightCoup