Originally posted by magkelly
For me Pink is about going my own way and owning my "girly" side. It's a backlash thing I suppose.
It's kind of similar for me.
I have just turned 48, but I wear clothes like I'm 24, and my inner Princess thinks I am 12.
In a way, the whole girly frilly Hello Kitty thing can be considered a "mid-life crisis" thing for me (well, it's cheaper than buying a Porsche), but I prefer to see it as a celebration of life and the things I like.
As I get older, I realise how precious life is and how easy it is to lose it completely.
For example, this is a photo of my hand after the third surgery on it (I have had a metal plate put in it, then taken out again, I still can't straighten my little finger completely, but I am learning how to play the piano):
And on this photo you can see how scarred my legs are - this is about two months after a cycling accident - I hit the road at 40 km/h, rolled out a fair bit, and a cyclist ran over me. I not only survived, but cycled 10km home after the accident, though I discovered I had lost lots of skin from my legs, my bum, my arm, even a bit from my face :-(