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My Mom Will Be 100 on Wednesday! Please Post a 1918-Dated Coin
giorgio11
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It's good to have good genes! All four of her kids are still living--I am the youngest, at nearly 69, and I ran nearly 4 miles this morning. We are all flying/driving in from the four corners of the globe to her assisted living facility in Dallas on Wednesday to have cupcakes and a hug from Mom--nothing better!
She was born June 6, 1918. Please post a 1918 (preferred; or 1818 or 2018) coin in her honor. Thank you!
Kind regards,
George
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUR MOM!!!! That's amazing. Anytime I hear someone is turning 100 I always think about all the things they have seen in life. The change in cars, phones computers, prices of things, ect.
Truly an amazing accomplishment
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WOW... Happy Birthday to your mom!
Quite a milestone. Happy Birthday!
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Happy Centurion Birthday!
This one was on Eye Appealing Coins for a short time...not long enough for me to snag it anyway.
http://www.eyeappealingcoins.com/1918-25c-standing-liberty-quarter-pcgs-ms64.html
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Happy birthday Mom!
Happy Birthday to you mom!
That pretty cool to run 4 miles at 69. I barely run 2 miles/day and I only 50
Wow! Happy birthday to her!
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@NVU That's 2 miles/day more than your couch!
I have never been a fast runner but I discovered last year that the best way to run faster, is to run longer. I don't run even every other day -- I mix it up. But last year I did manage a couple of runs over 8 miles each. A typical run is 3 miles. But the weather this year hasn't cooperated, and I hate running on my treadmill. We went from winter to summer. No spring, except today and this week! I'm gonna try to do a few miles on the Katy Trail in Dallas on Wednesday.
The important thing is, we're out there doing it! Keep up the good work.
Kind regards,
George
Happy Birthday to your Mom... And I hope you still have her for many more years. Post a picture of the party... Cheers, RickO
Happy birthday to your Mom George.
I don't have an '18 coin to post but i can offer your Mom some advice.
If she wants to know she missed a call whenever she's away from her phone tell her to put a piece of carbon paper between the bell and the clapper and when she returns, Voila!
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Happy birthday to you Mother, that is one heck of a milestone for sure!
bob
Bell? Clapper? What century you livin' in?
Kind regards,
George
Congrats to your mom!
She is pretty remarkable. Four kids, six grandkids, 10 great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren so far. Outlived everyone else of her generation on both sides of her family, though, which bothers her. Learned to drive at 65 when Daddy died, drove until she was 90. Mowed her own yard in Dallas in the summertime (!) until she was 80 and I said "this is ridiculous" and started sending her the money to get it done. Kept house until she was 90 when she moved in with my youngest sis. Left her first husband after 10 years of marriage and struck out on her own when she was several months pregnant with my oldest (half)-sister (she had had enough). Broke her hip at age 90 and survived. (Who does that?) Had her gall bladder out at 91 and survived. She has only one functioning kidney and it is at about 35%. She's still lucid on good days (when she can hear you; she understands me on the phone better than my sisters because my voice is deeper), and was completely so until the last year or so. She's living on fumes but I think she secretly planned this all along!
She was born in Munday, Texas, and when she was 2, her parents and elder sisters rode back to Canton, Texas (where her parents lived) in a covered wagon! She says she remembers that ... it's a distance of several hundred miles.
Kind regards,
George
Happy Birthday to your mom. Sorry, no 1918's to post.
I can still remember talking to my great Grandfather in ~1965 when he was 102. I often think about the changes in the world he saw during his lifetime. Also hard to believe that I knew and talked someone who was alive during the American civil war.
Wow! 100 years. Terrific.
Lance.
No need - I am sure Mary the Bell Telephone operator who tried to ring her line will let her know someone tried to call her. (Or maybe the gossip about the mysterious missed call will already have circled back to her).
Happy birthday. What an incredible story about this celebration.
Happy Birthday to Mom. 100 years is quite a milestone. My dad turns 97 in November and still drives. His mom passed at 98.
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"Broke her hip at age 90 and survived." This is what usually does you in.
What a lot of people don't realize is that when someone turns 100 they have already lived for 100 years and are starting on 101. Congrats and happy birthday to your mom.
Joe
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Happy birthday to your Mom! Tell her the crazy coin people all send their best wishes!
I've got nothing but happy birthday all the same!
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Congratulations to your mom!! That is an amazing achievement just to say the least. If fact it’s so amazing that just as soon as I can pry my dead a$$ outta my chair I’ll stoll into my den and post a couple of coins.
Wow! That's one fine lady! Happy Birthday to your mom!
I knew it would happen.
happy birthday to your mom
Happy birthday to your amazing mother ! She was born with a 1.4% chance of living to 100 and so she beat the odds by a mile !!
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Awesome about your Mom being here for 100 years! Lucky!!
No 1918 coin,just wanted to add a congrats to your mom. Moms are wonderful,I miss mine.
Well, the only 1818 or 1918 coin I have photos for is a Lincoln and @Commemdude has that covered.
So..... Happy Birthday to her! I've always thought that reaching 100 in decent shape with a good family is the definition of "winning" at life.
@Wabbit123 Luck as well as, like I said, good genes, and clean living! I nearly fainted when I saw her take a sip of wine -- sometime in her 80s -- never smoked, walked as long as she could (she fell when she was 90), and sang in her church choir until she had to go into assisted living. All four of her kids sing too!
She raised us all up Southern Baptist -- but she did let us dance!
Kind regards,
George
Lucky for you was my point. So nice to see this. Cheers!
@Wabbit2313 Oh yes, absolutely!
Thanks to you and all the other well-wishers here! I am truly grateful. I never dreamed this thread would get such a response!
Mother's father smoked nearly until he died, at age 95.
Kind regards,
George
Happy Birthday to Mom....
Happy B-Day to your Mother
A Very Happy 100th Birthday to your mom Giorgio11 (George), it's awesome that you and your family are able to have her there for all of you for all of these years and then some. I can only imagine all the changes she has seen in her lifetime and the stories she could tell and what all she has told all of you over the years. Again, Happy Birthday to her and Congratulations!!
Joe
Happy Birthday to your mom, a living member of the Greatest Generation of Americans ever!
Wow, Congrats to your Mom and Happy 100th Birthday to her.
George,
Happy birthday to your Mom. I'm going to have to go back 100 years.
Jeff
Happy birthday to your mom! Cherish the time you have with her!
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Happy Birthday to your Mom!
Happy birthday to your Mom!
Happy Birthday to your Mom!!! I hope you and your family enjoy the special day with her.
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Its good to have a thread showing coins off like we did in the past.
"A dog breaks your heart only one time and that is when they pass on". Unknown
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I love hearing of people making it to 100.
As it's already been said...all the changes they witnessed cars, planes, phones, wars, electricity, indoor plumbing--wow!
Hope she has a great birthday, really cool you are all making it to be with her.
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Best wishes to her.
Happy Birthday G’s Mom!!
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Very very cool Happy B- Day to here and more.
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