Posted on 01/04/2018 2:11:08 PM PST by EdnaMode
Theresa Rowley has been a resident at Sentinel Pointe Retirement Community in Grand Rapids for the past 15 years.
She moved in when she was 89 years old.
On Jan.1, 2018, she turned 104.
"I'm surprised that I'm 104," said Rowley. It just doesn't seem like I should be that old."
When asked when she and her family moved to Grand Rapids, Rowley couldn't remember the exact year, only saying that she was born in Illinois in 1914, then moved to North Dakota before eventually coming to Michigan.
"When I was 100, I thought I'd never be 104; I thought I'd pass away by that time but it just didn't happen," said Rowley. "Then I turn 101, and nothing happens.
"Here I am 104, and still nothing happens."
Maybe the reason why nothing has happened is because of her daily intake of her favorite beverage -- Diet Coke.
"I drink it because I like it," said Rowley. "I'm going shopping Wednesday, and I need more Diet Coke. I have a bag full of empty Diet Coke cans that I need to return to buy more Diet Coke."
Rowley says she drinks at least one can of Diet Coke each day.
On Tuesday morning, Rowley celebrated her 104th birthday in style, with a cake, and with the support of many of the members of her retirement community.
Who knew that the fountain of youth was in a pop can?
Hah! I was thinking the same thing.
Hahaha…bad news for the Dem diet harpies who thought Diet Coke was harming President Trump’s health.
She is my kind of lady! Also, bring on the preservatives! We are all basically walking hunks of meat, so we can use all the preservatives we can get.
Always drank soda every day. No problem. But not Diet any soda LOL.
A Diet Coke and a pack of Pall Malls.
She probably takes a double shot of Jack Daniel’s with that daily diet Coke.
A Diet Coke and a pack of Pall Malls.
reminds me of the old guy in the rest home that ate 24 boiled eggs every day and had absolutely normal cholesterol.................
Next thing they’ll be telling us is that Global Warming isn’t real.
I could never stand diet drinks.
She looks good for being 104...
Probably got another 10 years left...
If drinking one can of Diet Coke is the reason that she lived to be 104, then I’m on track to live to be 1,000.
What an endorsement!
CNN?
Coke News Network?
They didn’t start making diet Coke until she was 68... It must have been the avocado ice-cream instead, Tom Brady’s elixir of youth.
It’s either that, or he’s a vampire.
In other news... 84 year old lady with Alzheimer’s thinks she’s 104.
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