001: My Name is...

Taken Nov 25, 2010 at my granddaughter's house.

Well, technically... my name is Ana Maria Chavez de Henriquez. I was born on January 4, 1911 in Sonsonate, El Salvador. But I never liked "Ana Maria" so have always been known as "Rosa Maria". And regarding my birthday... well isn't January 1st a much more exciting birthdate?

I am a widow and have five daughters, 14 grand children and 12 great grand children. My co-blogger is my granddaughter, Anna Evelyn (she blogs inconsistently under What I Think Is Beautiful), she was my first grand daughter and dotes on me (as most of my grand and great grand children do :-). In the tradition of family name changes, she is actually Ana but preferred two Ns so has been Anna since she was a teenager - which was awhile ago but shhhhh :-)

I am 101 years old so who knows how long I will be here so please join me in my beautiful centenarian chapter of life...

Anna Evelyn: So, all of my life I have thought grandma's birthday was on January 1st... within the last year, I was admitting her to the hospital and while my mom arrived I had to check her in. I looked pretty silly as the granddaughter not knowing her real name or real birth date! And with grandma there she kept insisting on "Rosa Maria" and 1-1-1911 as her birth date, I finally called my mom who said try Ana Maria and Jan 4, 1911... my grandma, always full of surprises!