The document is a poem describing a woman's changing perspective of herself in the mirror as she ages from 2 to 80 years old. In her youth she sees herself as a princess or fairy tale character, but becomes increasingly critical of her appearance as a teenager and young adult. By her 30s and 40s she accepts her appearance more but still feels self-conscious. By her 50s and beyond she gains confidence, wisdom and appreciation for being alive. The poem encourages women to embrace themselves and their worth sooner in life.

1. Hay quienes dicen que las mujeres, cuando son
amigas, son insoportables...
The Bright Red Hat

2. The glance of a female, into a
mirror..
At 2 she looks into the mirror
and sees a princess.

3. At 7, she sees
herself as the
beautiful
Cinderella or
Sleeping
Beauty

4. At 14, she sees herself
as a young lady, but
fat, with pimples and
thinks she can’t
possibly be seen this
way. “How awful!”
She says..

5. At 20 years of
age, she sees
herself as too
fat, too skinny,
too short, too
tall, hair too
curly, or too
straight.
But..she goes

6. At 30 years of age, she
still sees herself as too
fat, too skinny, too
short, too tall, hair too
curly, or too straight.
But..decides she
doesn’t have time to fix
all this, and goes out
anyways.

7. At 40, she still sees
herself as too fat, too
skinny, too short, too
tall, hair too curly, or
too straight.
But she thinks “Hey,
I’m alive! OH WELL!”
and goes out anyhow.

8. At 50, she sees
herself in the
mirror and thinks
“finally… I am me”.
She goes out and
thinks “I’m even
better”.

9. At 60, she looks
at herself and
thinks of all the
women that
cannot seem to
look at
themselvs in the
mirror..
She goes out and

10. At 70 years of
age, she sees
herself and her
worth, her
wisdom,
happiness and
recognizes her
ability. She goes
out and enjoys

11. At 80…she does
not preoccupy
herself with
looking in the
mirror. She
simply puts on
her bright red
hat and goes and
enjoys all the

12. Let us share the messsage to all women: Let us
all put on our bright red hats on sooner!
Let us be more mindful of opening our hearts
rather than our appearance.
Let us enjoy each and every moment and share
those with the ones we love.

13. To all of my female friends I celebrate
YOU today and send a big hug!
Now forward this to all of your female
friends and share your love…