What better way to start off a new year than with some gentle stretching, waking up our bodies after the Christmas break, and a relaxing guided meditation. Thanks to Cathy Watts who led us in a fun and informative Chair Pilates session – accessible to everyone and a challenge to our coordination at times! We rounded this off with inspiring original poetry celebrating women. A positive start to 2024.
WI Friends for 40 Years
We had it all, we did it all
Or this is what we’re told
But how does all this progress
Affect us now we’re old?
In the Sixties we had mini skirts
Great music and more cash
By the Seventies we were mothers
Our youth gone in a flash.
The Eighties we were back to work
And juggling jobs and kids
No time for any hobbies
But this is what we did.
The Nineties saw us in our prime
A balance could be found
The Millennium brought retirement
And a chance to turn things round.
Throughout it all the WI
Was there to help us cope
With friendship love and laughter
And the chance to hope
That even in our later years
We still can have a voice
To argue, campaign, spread the love
Be happy and rejoice.
It’s great to be a woman
in 2024
Our world has changed but we’re still here
To help it as before.