"Stay calm..." is the advice of the world's oldest person, age 116...

[Radio_Lady]

I'm totally freaked out about the holidays and visits with grandkids this weekend. It's all turning into a race between a birthday party on Saturday night with "girlfriends" for the seven-year-old in conflict with a planned Saturday visit with the grandparents. Guess which one she seems to be choosing, after weeks of planning!

Damn! I'll NEVER make it to 116!!!!

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Ecuadorean Woman, 116, Is World's Oldest
By JEANNETH VALDIVIESO, Associated Press Writer

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador - At 100 years old, she became bedridden and so weakened from a stomach ailment that a priest administered last rites. But Maria Esther de Capovilla recovered, and 16 years later she has become the oldest person on Earth, according to Guinness World Records.

Born on Sept. 14, 1889, the same year as Charlie Chaplin and Adolf Hitler, Capovilla was married the year the United States entered World War I -- 1917 -- and widowed in 1949.

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Her calm disposition may be the secret to her longevity, her daughter said.

"She always had a very tranquil character," Irma said. "She does not get upset by anything. She takes things very calmly and she has been that way her whole life."


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