At 86, great-grandmother Morjorie Newlin keeps pumping iron.
Fourteen years ago, when Morjorie Newlin was 72, her neighborhood supermarke had 50-pound bags of kitty litter on sale. Without anyone to help her carry the bag back to her house, she struggled mightily under the load. Never a particularl athletic woman, but staunchly independent, she decided that she had to do somethin about her deteriorating physical capabilities
Though osteoporosis was also on her mind, the septuagenarian began lifting weights-for her cat.
"I want to be as independent as I can be, for as long as I can," says Newlin, a great-grandmother and retired nurse who turns 86 tomorrow. "I just want to do things for myself."
There is a fabulous book called Growing Old is Not For Sissies, don't remember who it is by. Several people just like her. It is my favorite book and whenever I start to feel old and haggard (50) I dig it up and look at it. These people are my heroes.
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At 86, great-grandmother Morjorie Newlin keeps pumping iron.
Fourteen years ago, when Morjorie Newlin was 72, her neighborhood supermarke had 50-pound bags of kitty litter on sale. Without anyone to help her carry the bag back to her house, she struggled mightily under the load. Never a particularl athletic woman, but staunchly independent, she decided that she had to do somethin about her deteriorating physical capabilities
Though osteoporosis was also on her mind, the septuagenarian began lifting weights-for her cat.
"I want to be as independent as I can be, for as long as I can," says Newlin, a great-grandmother and retired nurse who turns 86 tomorrow. "I just want to do things for myself."
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