I'm 97 and here for my Great Great Grandchildren

[Warpy]

17. I think one of my cousins might have done that before her death last year

When we were teenagers,m she discovered sex and I discovered drugs and rock & roll. She was forced to marry a the guy who got her pregnant and who was also way too young and became a mother at 15, a grandmother at 32--something I resented a bit since it also aged me. She was a great grandmother in her 50s and died at 78 and I think she might have mentioned it once or twice before cigarettes finally killed her.

We hadn't seen each other since we were about nine but we sporadically kept in touch. She was a good friend when we were kids and a kickass lady when we got older. The world is poorer now that she's left it. She's proof that you don't have to be approaching 100 to see your great great grandchildren. She always kicked herself for being dumb enough to smoke. Otherwise, she might have lived long enough to meet her first great great great grandchild.