Dena, her brother Darren, her Dad and I all headed two and a half hours south to Vandalia, IL yesterday to celebrate her grandmother's 90th birthday.
Seventy people were invited to a party in the assisted living center that she calls home nowadays. And the turnout was strong! Residents and local friends and family showed up in droves with cards and well-wishes, to sing happy birthday and eat cake and ice cream.
90 years haven't dulled her senses much at all. She reminds my of my own grandma at that age the way she's able to chat interestingly and with good humor. She remembers what's going on in our lives despite seeing us only occasionally. She's relatively mobile, still has her eyesight and hearing, no diseases to speak of.
We can hope to be so successful at that age!
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