I often write about grandmother who lived to be 106.
She smoked moderately, drank moderately—but what made her an unusual person is she had a very positive disposition—off the charts.
She was always smiling, always friendly, always cheerful.
Other people claimed she was stupid because she just did not understand the negative stuff—but I knew her very well, and she was very intelligent—she knew exactly what she was doing..she just refused to play along with stuff that caused stress.
“Other people claimed she was stupid because she just did not understand the negative stuff—but I knew her very well, and she was very intelligent—she knew exactly what she was doing..she just refused to play along with stuff that caused stress.”
My mother had an older first cousin, who fit your mother’s description. She lived to be 96, survived 2 WW’s, the depression and other calamities.
My mother and her sisters made it to their late 80’s and this older cousin outlived all of them. She was a great bridge player and refused to allow any bad discussions to occur during her bridge playing and social life.
I can remember her telling my grandfather/her uncle not to watch the local and national news on tv. She said it was probably all lies and B$. That was in the mid 1950’s.
She loved the late night comedy shows on tv.
Her daughter is now 96 and probably in better health than her mother was @ 96. They both had a few extra pounds and ate like normal humans. Their exercise was/is walking. They never smoked, and enjoyed their wine with dinner.
She/the daughter has been like a big sister to one of my siblings and a very positive influence.