The Lens of Age

Written By Stacy Cantrell

When you are old, you watch the raindrops hesitate before tumbling down the windshield.

You admire the ballet of leaves in the breeze.

You eat two extra cookies.

You are grateful for the kindness of young people; you look them in the eye and say, “Thank you”.

You want to throw a rock or fire a gun at those who would despoil the world for your grandchildren.

And you know that you are culpable every time you lie down to an air-conditioned sleep.

You still extend your arms wide to hold the earth and pray that love does indeed conquer evil, if only for a time.

You also know that Vishnu and Shiva, God and Satan, Harry Potter and Voldemort, live forever and ever.

And you are grateful that the fallen amaryllis leaf stands tall again after the rain.

Stacy Cantrell

A 30+ year veteran of media, marketing, product development, and digital strategy, Stacy started her career by directing the programming for radio stations and radio groups. Then, after putting those stations online, she began putting media properties and their divisions online with Cox Interactive Media.

Secondly, as head of user experience at Keynote Systems, Stacy worked with many Fortune 100 companies during their early e-commerce growth. At Worldspan, she helped build the first private-label internet booking engine with the development teams that built Expedia, Priceline, and Orbitz. Then she went back to Cox and the AJC to help create COXnet, the Internet division for all Cox Newspapers.

Currently, Stacy is a senior advisor to an Atlanta-based marketing consulting firm, where she focuses on brand marketing, audio/video production, website design, user experience, content strategy, and editorial. She also runs her own website design business and produces three podcasts.

Stacy is a fan of a worn-out passport, technology, photography, authenticity, music, her rescue dog, someone else’s cooking, hugs, and lots of laughter.

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