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Sacha Goldberger took a fanciful series of photographs of his grandmother Frederika in a super hero costume. The 91-year-old was delighted with the project. You see her here stopping traffic; other photos show Super Mamika campaigning for office, flying into buildings, and even one where she’s in bed with Superman! Mrs. Goldberger’s real life story is a fascinating read as well. After the photo shoot, “Mamika” attracted thousands of fans on MySpace and elsewhere. Link -Thanks, Alice!
Dorothy Miller, an 87-year-old grandmother, uses Twitter every day to keep in touch with her family, but she uses no computer. Instead, she uses a fax machine and a service called Cellery that posts the messages to her Twitter page.
I don’t usually write to my daugher that much because she talks to much. And that she takes up too much of our time, but she can read my twitterings here and she can see what her mother’s doing and know that her mother’s okay …
Go grandma, go … or better yet, tweet, grandma, tweet!
– via mycelery
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Is there an evolutionary reason for women to undergo menopause? One theory says that it happens so they can survive long enough to be grandmothers. This is not a reward; it is another method of helping one’s genes to survive and flourish.
The grandmother hypothesis suggests that humans have “given up” their reproductive potential in later years in order to invest in the children they already have as well as their grandchildren. Naturally, this is an unconscious, biological adaptation that emerges over many generations and is not the result of individual decision-making. For such a hypothesis to be confirmed it would have to be demonstrated that children are significantly more likely to survive when a grandmother is present than when she isn’t.
Dr. Lummaa has done just that in her study published in the journal Nature, demonstrating that children are 12% more likely to survive to adulthood when they have a grandmother’s support than when they don’t.
Let’s hear it for grandmas! Link
Meet Winifred Pristell. 70 years old. A great grandmother. And current world record holder in the sport of powerlifting.
Winifred first took up the sport in her late 40′s due to her struggles with her weight. When she turned 60 she started to lift competitively in powerlifting meets. At 68, she set world records for her age in the bench press at 176.2 pounds and 270 pounds in the deadlift.
Even though she has been struggling lately with arthritis and joint issues, at 70 Winifred still works out three days a week. Next time you feel down on yourself for feeling "old," let her story be an inspiration.
Link (Kevin Nortz / The Herald)
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