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CaptainTruth

(6,591 posts)
Tue Jun 8, 2021, 01:31 PM Jun 2021

My dad is 100 years old today.

We had a nice celebration & he got to see his 1 remaining brother (out of 6 boys), which only happens every 1-2 years. This will probably be the last time they're together.

He's still living with my sister but send good thoughts because the last few months he's gone downhill rapidly & he needs more intensive care than we can provide so we're talking to a hospice facility that we know is good, they have cared for other relatives & they were wonderful.

Today I don't want to focus on the negative, I want to celebrate the fact that my dad lived a long healthy life of 100 years. No heart attacks, no cancer, no other physical ailments, & even today at 100 the only pills he takes are vitamins, Tylenol, & a baby aspirin. I truly think scientists should be studying him, he's an unnatural phenomenon.

Happy 100th Birthday Dad, you did good. You did damn good.

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My dad is 100 years old today. (Original Post) CaptainTruth Jun 2021 OP
Happy 100th to your Dad! SheltieLover Jun 2021 #1
Don't count him out yet, we geezers are lot tougher than we ever thought we needed to be. marble falls Jun 2021 #2
Milestone. sheshe2 Jun 2021 #3
Happy Hundred to your Dad!!! Nittersing Jun 2021 #4
Damn good. 🥂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂 (How many I would need for 100) LakeArenal Jun 2021 #5
Happy 100! MuseRider Jun 2021 #6
Happy Birthday to your Dad! mnhtnbb Jun 2021 #7
As hard as it may be sometimes, you can't go wrong Harker Jun 2021 #8

Nittersing

(6,361 posts)
4. Happy Hundred to your Dad!!!
Tue Jun 8, 2021, 02:13 PM
Jun 2021

My Mom just turned 95 and she also no major health issues with just vitamins and otc pain killers.

MuseRider

(34,109 posts)
6. Happy 100!
Tue Jun 8, 2021, 02:52 PM
Jun 2021

My dad would have been 100 this year too but he died long ago. It is odd isn't it, to realize that number?

He is lucky to have such a loving family, may he live out his life in happiness.

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