Leave It to Oprah

I thought of a brilliant idea for an article: Live to 100. Actually, I stole the idea from an old lady -- a health expert who spoke to my husband's office as a part of their wellness program. She said humans can live to be 120.

I pitched the idea to a magazine. Reject.

Pitched again. Reject.

If you're a writer, you know the drill.

Then I received my October issue of O, The Oprah Magazine in the mail. The topic? Aging.

"Shoot," I said, thumbing through the book. "I should've pitched The Opsters."

I began reading the articles page by page.

"Darn," I said. "Live to 100 would be perfect for this issue."

Then -- near the end of the publication -- I stumbled across an article: Live to 1000.

Clearly I'm not thinking big enough.