An Unsinkable Celebration!

On April 15th, 1912, the news across the world was the sinking of the luxury liner The Titanic on her maiden voyage across the Atlantic. It was big news...

But in a little town in Alabama, it wasn't the biggest news.  The biggest news of the day was the birth of identical twin daughters to a southern belle affectionately known as Katie Belle.

They were named after their grandmothers, Mary and Anne. 

Here they are again celebrating their 80th birthday. Best friends for more than 95 years, we had hoped that they would celebrate their centennial together.

But only one of them did.  

The one named Mary. 

The one  I call 

The Unsinkable Old Lady

She's the one on the right... 

or maybe it's the left...

 I never could tell them apart. 

You may remember The Unsinkable Old Lady  from previous posts on here. She's been a frequent star of my Simple Pleasures posts.

She's the antique belle who has a standing date

 with Sir Lotsa Hair every Sunday morning. 

And the grand old lady who strolled hand in hand with me 

through my favorite historical home.

And the spunky cowgirl who sat not in the back seat

 but on it in a local parade.

 Of course, she was younger then.

 I think she was 98.

 I cherish my friendship with this woman. 

Aside from my own family members, 

The Unsinkable Old Lady is the person I admire the most in this world. 

I admire her steadfast faith

and the fact that she's the perfect example of a lady.

I admire her incredible  intellect. 

She graduated at the top of her high school class and with honors from college. 

With a degree in chemistry no less...

I admire her because no matter how gifted she was in the classroom, 

she still thought her most important job was staying home to raise her family.

And yes... that was work. 

I admire her for her decades of service to the community. 

Oh, there's so much more, 

but do you want to know my favorite thing about

The Unsinkable Old Lady?

After 100 years,
She still twinkles. 

That's the face with which she greets me every time I see her.

And folks, do you know what happens when you are on the receiving end
of a beautiful antique twinkle?


It makes you want to give a vintage twinkle right back.

So that's exactly what I do.

And suddenly, my whole world seems just a little bit brighter.

All because of an Unsinkable Old Lady.


So Happy 100th Birthday
 to my  favorite antique belle.

And thank you, my friend, for the twinkle.