Johanna lived alone in her small two bedroom house
that she had been in "for years". How did she make it to 99 years old "stubbornness, that can
work for you"
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Johanna lived alone in her small two bedroom house
that she had been in "for years". How did she make it to 99 years old "stubbornness, that can
work for you"
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Johanna can tell her of her memories as a child during the war where
she lived in her native Holland. She tells of her parents who were
medics and how they would help to treat and sometimes rescue kidnapped Jews from trains. She remembers knowing that it was the right and very
brave thing to do.
Johanna can tell her of her memories as a child during the war where
she lived in her native Holland. She tells of her parents who were
medics and how they would help to treat and sometimes rescue kidnapped Jews from trains. She remembers knowing that it was the right and very
brave thing to do.
Her hands were no longer steady enough to enjoy her favorite past times. She said that it was a difficult and frustrating
love to give up painting but instead of becoming depressed, she began to give her paintings away to make others happy.
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Her hands were no longer steady enough to enjoy her favorite past times. She said that it was a difficult and frustrating
love to give up painting but instead of becoming depressed, she began to give her paintings away to make others happy.
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Nurse Pat has been tending to Johanna for over 20 years. She
remembers when Johanna was in her mid 80's and decided to learn how to
swim. Johanna would take Pat's kids to the lake everyday and swim across
it.
Today she hears sounds she does not like in Johanna's lungs.
Nurse Pat has been tending to Johanna for over 20 years. She
remembers when Johanna was in her mid 80's and decided to learn how to
swim. Johanna would take Pat's kids to the lake everyday and swim across
it.
Today she hears sounds she does not like in Johanna's lungs.
Johanna knew that she was not well. People would as her what it felt
like to be 100. Johanna would say that after a certain age, your body
betrays you every day. The trick was to not get angry but to find
another way around the obstacle and stay determined.
Johanna knew that she was not well. People would as her what it felt
like to be 100. Johanna would say that after a certain age, your body
betrays you every day. The trick was to not get angry but to find
another way around the obstacle and stay determined.
There was pressure to put her in a home "a prison"
as she called it. She convinced the doctors to give her a test, if she
could maneuver in a wheel chair in her house, she'd be allowed to stay.
There was pressure to put her in a home "a prison"
as she called it. She convinced the doctors to give her a test, if she
could maneuver in a wheel chair in her house, she'd be allowed to stay.
Her wheel chair could not fit in her bathroom and she was brought with
her progressing pneumonia to a convalescent home two towns away from her
house.
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Her wheel chair could not fit in her bathroom and she was brought with
her progressing pneumonia to a convalescent home two towns away from her
house.
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She felt helpless and afraid. It was hard to sleep and the thought of
not seeing her home again and the life she had made her depressed "a
dangerous emotion"
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She felt helpless and afraid. It was hard to sleep and the thought of
not seeing her home again and the life she had made her depressed "a
dangerous emotion"
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Wanting with all of her might to try and overcome the growing weakness
in her lungs she tried to give them exercise and told them to please get
well.
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Wanting with all of her might to try and overcome the growing weakness
in her lungs she tried to give them exercise and told them to please get
well.
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She watched the popes funeral on television that evening and said "Well maybe I'll see that man in a few days up there in heaven
and we'll talk about things, maybe I'll be able to sing and paint
again."
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She watched the popes funeral on television that evening and said "Well maybe I'll see that man in a few days up there in heaven
and we'll talk about things, maybe I'll be able to sing and paint
again."
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