A TRIBUTE TO A 106 Y/O CENTERNARIAN MOM. My mother is my inspiration for a long life yet even if l can't compete with her but at least l can look at her to know that at this age l still have a mother, that not all folk like me can have, she will remain to me the last figure of longevity in our clan that existed today who bore 11 children that propagated 5 generations of great great grand children, she also had witnessed and survived the 2 greatest world wars and had many more world conflicts that even still on going today. She was born in 1918 in the beginning of the first deadly pandemic and yet she is still alive with another one today. To think that we are not blessed with wealth nor a previlige of comfort my mother was truly blessed with children & grand children who cares for her in time of her needs & because of her love to live, she impacted us with many simple lessons in life, like how to live without vices, no unnecessary hanging around, no bad habits of worldly foods which should be taken only in moderation, my mom is a person who is devoted to us @ the time when we were so vulnerable and yet she never forget to love her faith, when everything seem not right, she will always be the one to calm us down by her prayers even in time of abundance, my mom will pray to thank the Lord as well, in troubled times this family had learned from her how powerful prayers can be, if we pray and ask God what can be good for us,..today l still see on her the positivity of life that l seen on her for a long time..if mamang lost her zest in life may be that l hope l will never see it's because she always be the light of our lives..l you my mother..