(NGC) - Aunt turns 100!

[Gliderjohn]

We celebrated my last remaining (non in-law) aunt or uncle out of 18, 100th Birthday today. She can't see or hear very well but is still pretty sharp mentally.



marjorie lowry

GliderJohn

[oldbike54]

 

 Dusty

[Daniel Kalal]

We celebrated...

When Marjorie was born, WW1 was still being fought.  She's seen quite a bit between then and now.  Congratulations!

[Gliderjohn]

From Daniel:

When Marjorie was born, WW1 was still being fought.  She's seen quite a bit between then and now.  Congratulations!

Yes, to think of all they have lived through and seen. My aunt rasied her first son at home to adulthood even though he was very mentally disabled back at a time when most doctors said to intitutionalize him, experienced losing a farm and being evicted and having her husband die over 30 years ago. On the plus side her other two sons are very smart and successful.
GliderJohn

[Aaron D.]

Congratulations to your aunt!

[Guzzi Gal]

Would that we were all so lucky!  I warn my children that I plan to make past 100 so they'd better be prepared to deal with my crochety ol' self.

[Chuck in Indiana]

 
Yes, she's seen a lot. My grandmother came to Indiana in a covered wagon. Well, actually walked. She said the wagon was for stuff, not people. Saw the moon landing, flew on a jet to visit one of her daughters in D.C. What an amazing life..

[ohiorider]

Happy Birthday, Auntie!

Bob

[Guzzistajohn]

Happy birthday Marjorie, says a lot for all that clean Kansas living! My dad would have been 100 last June!

[Texas Turnip]

A happy birthday to your aunt. Did she eat healthy by taking a biscuit and getting all the bacon grease from the skillet?

Tex

[Zoom Zoom]

Happy Birthday to her!

John Henry

[Gliderjohn]

From Tex:

A happy birthday to your aunt. Did she eat healthy by taking a biscuit and getting all the bacon grease from the skillet?

Tex

Probably so, maybe that is why her husband died over 30 years ago. Most of their food came off the farm and garden however. Lots of rolls cakes and pies too.
GliderJohn

[Lannis]

From Tex:
Probably so, maybe that is why her husband died over 30 years ago. Most of their food came off the farm and garden however. Lots of rolls cakes and pies too.
GliderJohn

Them old folks may have eaten a lot of lard and grease and carbs, BUT they had to work so hard to get it that it all burned off before it could clog anything up.

She probably had to work harder getting the water in, the fire lit, and breakfast cooked than the rest of us work in a whole day ....

Lannis

[Chuck in Indiana]

Them old folks may have eaten a lot of lard and grease and carbs, BUT they had to work so hard to get it that it all burned off before it could clog anything up.

She probably had to work harder getting the water in, the fire lit, and breakfast cooked than the rest of us work in a whole day ....

Lannis

Yep. My Grandmother decided it was getting to be too much to work in the garden, do the wimmen's work, etc. every day when she was 90. She started going downhill then, and died at 94. There's probably a lesson there for me.. <scratching head>

[JoeKirby]

Good for her.  I have an aunt turning 100 in three weeks.  Her mother, my great-grandmother, made it to 104.  When she died, all five children were still alive, youngest died at age 94. All of them mentally sharp as could be.

I am banking on those genetics for a long life which is easier than exercise and a healthy diet.  We will see how that works.