Dorothy Custer is the definition of gumption. Listen to her tell the story of how she met her husband, then at 2:10 she reveals the secret to long life (btw, it's the cutest thing ever).
When Larissa met Ian at college in 2005, she never dreamed she'd one day be his wife ... and his caretaker. After a tragic accident left Ian without the ability to speak, walk or care for himself, she did what any woman in love would do: she married him.
It's hard to believe that the creator of the lovable Charlie Brown and the renowned "Peanuts" comic strip was ever anything less than an amazing creative guru. But like Walt Disney, Michael Jordan, and many of the "greats" we put on a pedestal, Schulz's success was born much more out of determination and refusing to accept failure than it was sheer talent.