Facebook's Oldest User Turns 106

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Edythe Kirchmaier, Facebook's eldest enrolled user, turns 106 today. Kirchmaier earned the qualification of being the social site's most seasoned inhabitant a year ago when companions from the medical aid philanthropy Direct Relief signed her up for a record on her 105th birthday.

Kirchmaier, who is likewise California's eldest authorized driver and the University of Chicago's eldest living graduate, in the beginning couldn't enter her birth year of 1908 when she joined Facebook. It took the site's designers a month to confirm her age and fix the glitch, something they'd never needed to do previously, Direct Relief's representative, Kerri Murray said.

Born into the time of telegraphs and sconce phones, Kirchmaier said she grasps social media in light of the fact that it permits her to weigh in day by day with loved ones. She's likewise utilized her status to bring issues to light for volunteerism as a rule and Direct Relief specifically.

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"My goal was to get my favorite charity, Direct Relief, better known," she told ABCNews.com.

The centenarian said she values her Facebook relationships yet at the same time trusts in the power of the pen. Each Tuesday for as far back as 41 years, she's driven herself to Direct Relief's work places in Santa Barbara, Calif., to hand-compose thank-you letters to the philanthropy's donors.

Not that she thinks little of the reach of social media. She has more than 45,000 companions on her individual Facebook page. The fan page Direct Relief set up for her last year now has very nearly 105,000 likes. Users can head off to the page to give to the philanthropy and sign up for volunteer chances.

                                                

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'"I never thought we would hit 105,000 likes, but we did. I have been volunteering here for 40 years and it feeds my soul," she said.

At the same time much as she cherishes her social site experience, Kirchmaier said she won't be tweeting, sticking or going to any viable social media sites soon.

I'm sticking with Facebook for now," she said.

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Her Father Kept This Secret For 13 Years. When He Finally Revealed It, It Was Amazing.

An exceptionally special father kept a mystery from his girl for 13 years, so he could provide her a precious gift upon the arrival of the day of her high school graduation. On her first day of school, he purchased "Oh The Places You'll Go" by Dr. Seuss. Following the time of her first day of kindergarten, he has been dealing with this astonishing shock for her. She thought it was an ordinary book.

At the same time, he told her to "open it up." When she did, tears came immediately to her eyes. He let her know, “Every year, for the past 13 years, since the day you started kindergarten I’ve gotten every teacher, coach, and principal to write a little something about you inside this book.”

She is seen here opening which seemed to her a normal Dr. Seuss book, “Oh, The Places You’ll Go.”

This is the secret her father kept for 13 years…

Father and daughter are all smiles on her graduation day.

For 13 long years, he kept this work of adoration a mystery until he at last divulged it upon the arrival of her graduation. This demonstration of paternal adoration is sufficient to carry anybody to tears.

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These Siblings Gave a Precious Christmas Gift To Their Mother. She Will Surely Cry For Weeks.

A mother received a priceless Christmas gift from her two sons and a daughter: their childhood photos and the amusing contemporary reconstruction of those same photos as a 12 month calender.

It's fantastic. The mother will value this gift for her lifetime.

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These are absolute masterpieces. This calender will be definitely kept by their mother for eternity. This type of thing reminds that despite kids growing so fast; they are still our children.

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