Grace Jones finished well

The last person to be alive from the 1800's in Britain died yesterday. Grace Jones born in 1899 died at the age of 113. Physically her strength left her, but mentally she was described as "bright as a button". In my youth there were many alive from WWI and even some from the War of 1898. I remember taking to a soldier who served under General Pershing when he was chasing Poncho Villa. Several people were able to describe their life in the "Gay 90's. They were still alive but I did not talk to them, there were people who went through the Civil War. Touch history and visit the old people in your life, listen to their stories. Grace lived through the transition from fire to electricity, out door plumbing to indoor plumbing, horse and buggy to car, walking to air flight, Morse code to Cable and Internet, wood stove to microwave. What will my grandchildren live through?
Grace Jones living to 113 tells me how hard that is to do. There are people who live to 100 but there are not many of them. Most of us won't make it. If you are 20 you probably think you can. You may think that feeble person has lived to long. Grace has been retired for 50 years. The drums along the Mohawk are probably sounding we can't have that. We need to keep in mind how rare it is to live to 100+. Life at any age is too short, let's take a breathe and enjoy it. The elite will tell us it is OK for the famous to live to 100, but for Grace we can't afford it. Rubbish! Thanks Grace Jones for living a simple life of love and faith, most of us won't live as long but we can keep bugging at it. Keep walking