Wow – Happy 95 Years, Millie Garfield
Monday, 17 August 2020
Okay, Millie's birthday is not until tomorrow, 18 August, but why not celebrate early and long. It's not everyone who gets to have this birthday so we should celebrate a lot.
I've known Millie almost as long as we have both been blogging which is going on 20 years.
We've even met in person which doesn't get to happen often with so many of our internet friends. Our friendship all this time has meant everything to me. We live on opposite coasts now so we keep in touch by telephone.
For many years, Millie wrote My Mom's Blog - her son Steve set it up in 2003, (hence the name) – one year ahead of me. I just found out from her blog that according to The Ageless Project, she is the world's fourth oldest blogger.
For a long time, she gained fame for her video feature, I Can't Open It. Here is one of them with a BIG container of animal crackers. The other voice you hear is her son, Steve, who is running the camera.
Back in April during the earliest days of the pandemic lockdown, Steve invited me to a Zoom meeting with Millie on the top left, Steve to her right, me in the middle row and few other people. Here's a screenshot:
Millie and Steve keep in touch via video calls and these days Millie can be found on her Facebook page more than her blog. For her birthday this year, she is holding a fundraiser for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
”I've chosen this nonprofit,” writes Millie, “because their mission means a lot to me, and I hope you'll consider contributing as a way to celebrate with me.”
You can get further information and do that if you wish on Millie's Facebook page.
For many years, we have played a silly, little game here on Millie's birthday. I add her age (95 this year) and my age (79) which, this year, gets us to 173.
Now you get add your age to the total, add it up and post it in the comments. Then the next reader can add his/her age and so on to see how high we can get the number of years we have collectively lived.
Of course, because comments pass in the ether the total is never really quite correct but that's part of the fun and it's close enough.
Meanwhile, let's all sing Happy Birthday to Millie and her amazing 95 years. I love you, Millie.
255
Posted by: Cop Car | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 05:42 AM
325
Happy Birthday Millie! Best wishes for another great year!
Posted by: Cathy J. | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 05:57 AM
337
Posted by: Betty | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 05:58 AM
406
Posted by: Pilgrim | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 06:32 AM
483, until next Sun. when I turn 78
Posted by: Barbara R | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 07:18 AM
562
Posted by: Nancy Hutto | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 07:40 AM
561
Posted by: Diane | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 07:40 AM
641 Happy Birthday!!!!
Posted by: Redstone Gail | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 07:46 AM
710 Happy Birthday
Posted by: Susan Wilkins | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 07:50 AM
769 Happy Birthday MILLIE!!! :-)
Posted by: Elle | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 07:57 AM
Happy Birthday, Millie.
710+77=787 Wow.
Posted by: Lola | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 07:58 AM
Happy natal day Millie! Enjoy your special day, you are special to so many!
Posted by: kate R | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 08:01 AM
798 Happy Birthday
Posted by: Dolores Kluppel Vetter | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 08:01 AM
794 Happy Birthday Millie . I love your Boston accent. And what a fun game!
Posted by: Ann Burack-Weiss | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 08:02 AM
867
you look great !
Posted by: artaud | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 08:03 AM
934 happy birthday!
Posted by: Will | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 08:12 AM
835 What fun!! Happy Birthday Millie!!
Posted by: TheaT | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 08:14 AM
1013. I think.
Posted by: Rosemary Woodel | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 08:32 AM
Happy birthday
1078
Posted by: Tory | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 08:47 AM
1140
Happy Birthday, Millie!
Posted by: Patty-in-New-York | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 08:51 AM
1140 + 77 = 1217
Way to go, Millie!
Posted by: Susan R | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 08:55 AM
Happy Happy Birthday🎉🎂💐 1291 years
Posted by: Andrea | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 09:09 AM
1280
Yay, Millie!
Posted by: Heidi | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 09:09 AM
1349! Happy Birthday, Millie! Keep on truckin’.
Posted by: Lizziee | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 09:26 AM
1374
Hi Millie, I will be 95 in November (if nothing goes wrong).
Have a great day. One thing about being this age is that I have no contemporaries anymore.
Enjoy your birthday!
Atie
Posted by: Atie Holmes | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 09:29 AM
All good wishes to you, Millie, on your 95th birthday. Have a wonderful day!
Marge
Posted by: Marge | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 09:32 AM
1621
Happy Bithday, Millie!
Posted by: Irma | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 09:33 AM
1701
Happy Birthday, Millie! Best wishes for a wonderful year!
Posted by: Rebecca Ann Magalhaes | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 09:52 AM
Ah, math even I can do! 1774
Happy Birthday, Millie, and Best Wishes for many happy and healthy years ahead!
Posted by: Harold | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 10:18 AM
Happy birthday Millie!!
2037
Posted by: Janet/aka Chancy | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 10:26 AM
244 - Happy birthday, Millie! Animal crackers in your soup!
Posted by: Wendl Kornfeld | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 10:50 AM
2114 Happy Birthday, Millie!🌻
Posted by: Ruth Marchese | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 11:21 AM
2114 + 75 = 2189
Happy birthday Millie!
Posted by: Frank Paynter | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 11:31 AM
2114 + 76 (today) 2190
Happy Birthday Millie. I hope you don't mind but I'm sharing your birthday vid card for my birthday today.
Long may we prosper!
Posted by: Odette | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 11:36 AM
2263
Happy birthday, Millie!
Posted by: Joared | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 11:39 AM
2337
Happy Birthday, Millie!!!
Kate
Posted by: Kate | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 11:53 AM
2263+84=2347
Happy Birthday , Millie.
Posted by: Geneie | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 11:54 AM
2343 cause I turn 80 in just a few months. Happy Birthday Millie.
You represent the epitome of the phrase I end my emails with:
"Try not. Do or do not...there is no try!"
Posted by: Irwin Lengel | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 11:55 AM
Thanks to all of you special people for your good wishes. Many happy and healthy days ahead for you too! Hugs to all!
Posted by: millie garfield | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 11:59 AM
2413 - Happy birthday Millie!
Carla from the UK
Posted by: Carla Bowman-Vaughan | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 12:10 PM
2423 but in Oct. I'd have to add a 1. Best birthday ever. Don't I see your coloring on FB Millie?
Posted by: Bonnie | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 12:17 PM
2494 and Happy Birthday, Millie!
Posted by: Carolyn | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 12:20 PM
2577. Happy B'Day, Millie.
Posted by: Elizabeth Rogers | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 01:16 PM
2577 + 76 = 2653 !
Happy Birthday, Millie 🎂
Posted by: Vala Hudspeth | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 01:22 PM
2719 !!!!
Happy Birthday Millie :)
Posted by: Rosie | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 01:32 PM
2719 + 77 = 2796 !
Happy Birthday, Millie, from Barbara in Arkansas
Posted by: Barbara Mullins | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 02:48 PM
2796 + 73 = 2869
Happy Birthday Millie, from Adelaide, Australia
Posted by: macmsue | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 04:45 PM
2869 + 70 = 2939
Happy Birthday Millie!
From Mesa, Arizona
Posted by: Applegate Melinda | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 05:32 PM
Happy Birthday Millie!
Posted by: Marc Schultz | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 05:59 PM
2958
Happy birthday Millie
Love from Amsterdam
Posted by: Adie van der Veen | Monday, 17 August 2020 at 11:40 PM
3026
Happy Birthday Millie.
Posted by: Maureen Anne Rupp | Tuesday, 18 August 2020 at 12:56 AM
I think of her and smile every time I can't open something. Which seems to be happening more often... Happy Birthday Millie!
Posted by: Colleen Skinner | Tuesday, 18 August 2020 at 04:46 AM
3110
WOO-HOO MILLIE!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Posted by: Estelle D | Tuesday, 18 August 2020 at 04:51 AM
3110 + 69 = 3179
Feliz cumpleaños!
Bon anniversaire!
መልካም ልደት
Maligayang kaarawan
Posted by: Tony Sarmiento | Tuesday, 18 August 2020 at 05:38 AM
Buon Compleanno, Meravigliosa Millie!
3179+68 = 3247
Posted by: laura | Tuesday, 18 August 2020 at 09:13 AM
3301
Happy Birthday, Millie!!
Posted by: Melissa | Tuesday, 18 August 2020 at 03:02 PM
3301 + 79 = 3380
Posted by: Tia June | Thursday, 20 August 2020 at 10:16 AM