Posted on 05/02/2022 7:37:04 PM PDT by marshmallow
At 118 years old, Sister Andre is four years away from becoming the oldest person ever
A French Catholic nun, believed to have become the oldest person alive this week at the age of 118, says she would now like to beat the record of oldest person ever and that work and caring for others had long kept her spry.
"People say that work kills, but for me work kept me alive. I kept working until I was 108," Sister Andre told reporters in the tea room of the hospice where she lives in the Mediterranean city of Toulon.
Although she is now blind and gets around in a wheelchair, she used to care for other elderly people much younger than herself.
"People should help each other and love each other instead of hating. If we shared all that, things would be a lot better," Sister Andre said.
Fellow nun Sister Therese, almost 89, wheels her to Mass in the hospice's little chapel each morning.
She said that Sister Andre had "a mission to serve others" and that "her deep faith helps her" keep going.
But the sister, long feted as the oldest European before the death of Japan's Kane Tanaka aged 119 left her the longest-lived person on Earth, is not above a little indulgence.
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No sex will do that?
It just seems long...
If it did, there would be more really old married folks.
That is a really big assumption on your part.
Nice. Respectful of someone who worked in the vineyards of the Lord until she was 108. Very tasteful
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