Nellie Wright, 103 (Photo:Chris Steele-Perkins) ;

I found this very moving:

“I don’t get by, I exist from one day to the other.

I’m hoping for the end to come. I’m tired of it.

Why should it be like this? Not a penny in my purse!

I’ve worked 74 years.

Why am I here?

I’m waiting for God to straighten this out.

I should be home! My husband died while I was in here. I never even got to his funeral.

It doesn’t matter.

I’ve been a decent girl, never drunk or gone with men.

I’ve just lived and worked like a silly fool”.

Source: The Oldest of the Old (Guardian.co.uk)