May you live to be my age!

On this trip I met the oldest person I've ever met in my life. This lovely lady was 108 years old! She was accompanied by her daughter and her "last-born" - that's how Kenyans describe their youngest child. He was 63, born when his mother was 45 years - the numbers all stack up.

She came for a wheelchair due to her greatly reduced mobility - understandable at that age. She was absolutely delighted and turned to bless me: "May you live to be my age!" I'm not sure I'd want to live to 108 unless I was in excellent health - but if I did I certainly hope my eyes would have the same twinkle in them as hers did.