NEW WATERFORD, N.S. — Catherine Nemis of New Waterford, celebrating her 103rd birthday Tuesday, sat with daughter Lynn Marie Newman while holding a birthday banana she received as a gift last year.
Nemis said she felt "great." A homemaker, Nemis and her husband, the late James (Cookie) Nemis, raised seven children. Today her family also includes 18 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
She attributes her "young" look to using Nivea cream all her life. However, she said living a good long life is also about how you live, how you act, having forgiveness in your heart so you can forgive and forget.