Heard about the 55-year-old trying out for the Dallas Cowboys'
cheerleading squad?  Sharon Simmons, a Carollton, Texas,
grandmother of two, sashayed over to Dallas last week, along
with hundreds of other (younger) hopefuls, because she figured a
dream deferred is better than a dream abandoned.  "I always
wanted to try out," Simmons, who works in commercial real
estate, told a local TV station. "I got real close in my early
20s, but got busy raising my daughter. And I thought, why not
now?"  Indeed, why not now? When I read about Simmons, I gave my
computer monitor a high five. Huzzah, huzzah. Though
cheerleading in the NFL is not my ambition, Simmons is certainly
the kind of woman I admire: tenacious, fearless, optimistic and
confident. We should all take a page from her playbook.
Granted, Simmons is not your average 55-year-old. She
participated in her first fitness competition at 50 and has
written a book, "Triple F: Fifty, Fit and Fabulous." Check out
her abs on her website, fitnessanyage.com.  Neither y