Edna Sandys, 105, recently celebrated her birthday at the Elizabeth Scott Community assisted living and nursing home in the Springfield Township of Ohio. She says her history is already a little hazy, but she feels great.

Mrs. Sandys claims that eating chocolate and drinking hot chocolate have a lot to do with her long and healthy life!

Son, Tom Sandys, along with his wife, Kathleen, said Mrs. Sandys loves healthy living. She has always been healthy, according to them. Being sickly is not her game. Tom Sandys can even imagine his mother living for five years more.

Mrs. Sandys has never been a smoker or a drinker, and always maintained a healthy weight. However, she wasn’t really big on exercising. She traveled a lot, though. Edna Sandys lost a sister to the flu when she was still a little kid, and her brother died in World War II. She still has two sisters in their 90s living in Tennessee. The mantra she lives by: “keep going on as you do regardless of life’s circumstances.”

“Edna just may be the oldest living resident in the Toledo area,” according to Matt Bucher, director of marketing for the Elizabeth Scott Community. “We have certainly enjoyed having her as one of our residents, and we hope she stays with us many more years.”

Mrs. Sandys has three living children: Dolores Davey of Grand Rapids, Michigan; Thomas Sandys of Maumee; and David Sandys of Toledo. She has a son named Richard who already died. She has 10 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.

Who wouldn’t want to have a long life? We are on the constant lookout for stuff to keep us healthy, alive, and kicking. The report did not state exactly how chocolate has been of help for Mrs. Sandys living beyond a century, but at least chocolate can take some credit!

I don't know about you, but I'm going to have a bite of dark chocolate right now!

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Joanna Maligaya

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Ever since she can remember, Joanna has always considered chocolate as the ultimate food for her soul. She believes in the saying, “9 out of 10 people love chocolate, and the 10th always lies.”

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