[TI] 100 year old birthday

[Rosalie Amison]

That is just amazing.  Can't believe how well she is for 100.  I'm 70 and do
not do as well as she does.  God bless her.  She's doing something right.
If only we all aged that well.
Rosalie Amison

-----Original Message-----
From: terminiimerese-bounces at comunesofitaly.org
[mailto:terminiimerese-bounces at comunesofitaly.org] On Behalf Of Glenda
Geraci
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 9:58 PM
To: terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org
Subject: [TI] 100 year old birthday

I must tell you of the birthday party for my husband's Aunt Anna Geraci 
LoMedico's birthday.  She is the sister of my husband's father that died in 
1948 and he has not had any contact with any Geraci family since then until 
last year when we connected by e-mail to some cousins.

July 26, 2008 was Aunt Anna's 100the birthday.  Please do not get a picture 
in your head of an old lady in a wheel chair and not able to comprehend the 
situation.  This lady was vibrant and totally alive and hard to keep up 
with.

It started with a 12:00pm Mass at her local Catholic church where she is 
very active and a regular attendee.  She walked straight up front and took 
her seat and her daughter kept losing track of her.  We had not had the 
pleasure of meeting her until that day.  She was a delight and totally 
lucid.

After church we went to the local Italian-American Club in Nyak, NY where we

had a party with 125 people.  She was totally surrounded by people and 
everyone wanted their picture taken with their 100 year old relative.  She 
danced and danced.  They brought out a chair for her as her balance was not 
so good.  She sat down and continued to dance in the chair, clapping her 
hands, wiggling her bottom and tapping her feet.  It was totally inspiring. 
She certainly did not look to be 100 and I have seen 70 year old women that 
would kill for her skin.

Richard and I met 5 of his first cousins for the first time.  One of the men

his age said he remembered playing with him when they were children, but 
Richard did not remember any of that.  The really amazing thing is that this

male cousin looked so much like Richard's late father that I felt that I was

meeting the father.  I could not help starring at him.

The cousins ranged from age 65 to 79 and each one looked at least to to15 
years younger than their age.  It was amazing!  I did not have my tree with 
me and could not remember the age, but when I got home and looked up the 
birthdates, I could not believe the age because they looked so much younger.

This was truly a wonderful experience and through research and genealogy, we

were able to made the connection.

Glenda Geraci 


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