I am celebrating my dad’s 93rd birthday;  on March 21st; and my sister’s 66th birthday today! I am 49 on April 18th; and am having a definite mid-life crisis on turning 50 in 2009!!   I am very interested in how my “genes” will affect the aging process.  I have often said, of my father, that his sense of humor is the “secret” to old age.  I am not sure if this is true, but I remember that my whole life, my father has had an attitude that is expectant of living to 120!  I can only hope that my attitude  and perseverence can match my his. He is the most extraordinary human being ever! And, I am not saying that just because he is my father!!  His name is Freeman.  I get a big “kick”out of his name.  His mother, Della Dalton.  He likes to tell how when he  was born he weighed 3 lbs and fit in a shoebox.  He was born in Albany, KY in 1915, to an unwed mother.  He and his mother and one older sister lived in a log cabin behind the grandparents home.  It is tobacco country.  I like to joke that I am part “hillbilly” but this is true!  My dad always told me we were related to the “Dalton Gang” and that we are part Cherokee…I love my dad’s stories!  I never tire of listening to them.  Please write me about your extraordinary family stories!  I have to admit that I like to watch the Today show and see all of the people who are turning  100 or over 100 each day.

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