“We lived differently; without excess”

Maybe he “don’t overdo it” and “take a little care of yourself, but as usual”supposes Estefanía, who this year reached her century of life after a life journey where obstacles were not lacking – she was widowed at the age of 49 and lost a son -. Dedicated entirely to his family“That’s not nothing,” Romana recalls, “they are all women.” raised in rural areas who later settled in the capital.

Strong and a very different time to the present, Estefanía emphasizes. Everything has “changed a lot,” she says with conviction. “We lived differently” recognizes, far from the voracious stress and haste, but still being very “independent”. “They say we were dumber, but we were happy with what we had and we enjoyed it. “Now they are not satisfied with anything” expresses with conviction that “some things have changed for the better and others for the worse.” “But I’m not going to say them,” he laughs. So, even if the new generations believe that their elders “don’t know anything,” it may be because now they “know more than necessary”he summarizes.

Read, “beautiful life” and rest

Read novels and press Being always informed is one of her hobbies now that she is a century old and has seen all sorts of historical events happen. Although there are “things” of today that he claims not to understand. Newspapers were also a hobby for Asunción and are less so now that his eyesight is beginning to fail. He is on his way to 102, and after almost two decades in the residence, he assures that he is “perfectly” there. He likes it “the good life”she said, and smiled constantly alongside her fellow centenarians.

“I have been very happy and when I reach an old age, too“, he emphasizes about a life where travel was not lacking. “Years ago, I saw His Holiness in Rome,” recalls Asunción, for whom take care of your diet has always been present. Now in a wheelchair, among the activities planned in Amón, where gymnastics is not lacking to keep them active, she walks along the banks of the Carrión, which passes in front of the residence, and, according to the workers, she has not stopped watching your beauty and be vain, as it happened.

Estefanía too, for whom walking, although now at a slower pace, continues to make a great contribution. “I always did it very quickly and they told me so. I replied: ‘The day will come when I have to slow down’ and, look, it has already arrived. Now the wheels are failing” he said, pointing to his legs.

The same goes for Romana, who celebrated her 100th birthday this year and has recently started using a wheelchair. Born in Piña de Campos, she remained there until she married and moved to the capital. “I’ve always worked at home and I haven’t stopped”he says to justify the effort needed to “pull” the family. With two children, grandchildren and even a great-grandson, he enjoys the time spent with his loved ones and now enjoys also to “rest”after having “taken great care” of his own.

stronger

“There are no secrets” to get where they have arrived, they consider, but if they had to give advice to continue their long journey, it would be this one enjoy lifequotes Asunción, while for Estefanía it is important to “take a little care of yourself.” “Not overdoing it” would be another of the keys to being able to reach the three figures, in her way of approaching life.

Those who take care of them at the residence are very clear that this is a “very strong generation”more than the current one. With a harder life and much “more activity than today”, while the “sedentary lifestyle” of the population is one of the main enemies from a health point of view, underlines Esmeralda Gil, nurse at the center.

The fact that their “diet was more natural.” Without so many processes and “respecting the times” in crops and livestock. Thus, the original nutritional values ​​have not been “altered”, he specifies. Technological advances in a “universal medicine that reaches everyone” have also contributed to this century-old longevity, in which genetic also has something to say.