My grandmother celebrated her 90^th birthday on Saturday. That’s pretty cool and amazing to me. We started this year with my grandfather’s 90^th birthday and wrap up this year with my grandmother’s. They are a very fun couple. You will find my granddad out golfing, fishing, hunting, or working in his gardening about every day. There is no way to slow that man down. Just in the last couple of weeks he had a hugely successful quail hunt and a great fishing day. In the middle of winter! My grandmother is a wonderful woman, a great chef, and she has such a big love for others and life. They have been married to each other for almost 70 years. They raised two kids, have 9 grandkids, and 9 great grandchildren right now. In life there are always some people you think you would like to be like. We all wanted to be like Mike for a while. Role models come and go. I am so fortunate to have some pretty amazing role models in my family. They aren’t going anywhere. I will be lucky to make it to 90 some day. And I will always be able to think back to the example they have given me. And I aspire to be a role model for others, just like they are for me. I want to be like my grandparents.
It takes some intentionality to live a life like that. I have to stick with the choices I have made and consistently live who I want to be. It’s not about mistake free life. It’s about the consistency of who you are. Are you living the life of the role models you want your kids to have? How about your grandkids? Live to be the 90-year-old hero.

Daniel Carnahan
Central Kidz