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b'Episode #37 - Reta Baechler is the first centenarian guest to join Erin Davis and Doug Robinson on the green bench-as she shares her many years of wisdom and wit with us.\\xa0 Aunt Reta as we know her is the Aunt to Ron Schlegel who you heard from in episode 7.\\n\\nA Prestigious Club:\\nThe number of centenarians in Canada rose to 12, 822 as of July 1st, 2021.\\n\\nAunt Reta is the sister to Wilfred Schlegel who is the father of Ron Schlegel. \\xa0Five siblings with 3 older brothers and one younger brother and one younger sister, grew up on the farm outside Tavistock, Ontario. \\xa0\\n\\n\\u201dEvery Saturday morning we had to trim the wicks to make sure they would burn evenly.\\u201d - Reta Baechler\\n\\nA large German presence in Southwestern Ontario - Aunt Reta talks about growing together as a community, speaking Pennsylvanian German and learning English. \\xa0Growing to know each other.\\n\\n\\u201dI felt so good being at home and having my neighbours around me so there was never a barrier. \\xa0We were all like one people.\\u201d - Reta Baechler\\n\\nReta shares stories of her family connections with her father Wilfred and with her Grandmother.\\n\\nJump rope:\\xa0\\nAunt Reta loved skipping when she was young. Her brothers made her jump ropes, and she fondly remembers receiving her very first store bought skipping rope. It had wooden handles, and she would skip her way to the barn to do chores, and then all the way home again.\\xa0\\n\\nWhat was the invention that made your life easier? \\xa0Reta shares about the light switch being a fantastic invention with electricity. \\xa0\\u201dI remember when we turned on the light tap for the first time. This is so incredible, all we have to do it push a button and the light will come on.\\u201d - Reta Baechler\\n\\nA tradition of always having an extra plate set at the dinner table for a guest to join. \\xa0Reta remembers a plaque over the table that read \\u201cChrist is the head of this home, the unseen guest at every meal, the silent listener to every conversation.\\u201d Very important to her, and can picture it to this day. She says it is so important to have faith.\\xa0\\n\\n\\u201cWell, I woke up again in the same bed I went to sleep in last night. There must still be a plan and a purpose for me today.\\u201d \\xa0- Reta Baechler\\n\\n\\u201cYesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift- that\\u2019s why we call it the present.\\u201d \\u2013 Alice Morse Earle\\n\\nSubscribe, rate, and review our podcast on any network and share your thoughts on social media using the #ElderWisdom tag to help others find us.'