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 passed without me realizing it, as it usually does. It’s been almost exactly 4 years since we went to that doctor's appointment and saw nothing instead of something... The mistake I’ve made is in thinking that I’ve finished grieving, or that I will one day."