I love Paris.

I love Paris. 

I love Paris for her gentle soul. I love Paris for her beauty and light. 

I love Paris because it is the place where I found my true sense of femininity and where I learned to be a grown-up woman. 

It's the place I found elegance and grace. 

Paris gave me back my soul when I was fifty years old, when I was at the very limit of middle age and could no longer ignore the fact that I had become a "femme d'un certain age." 

Paris gave me a name for what I wanted to be in the second half of my life. 

I will always love Paris and La Belle France for this. 
 
And, I stand with France because I stand up for beauty and grace. 

Vive la France!