I realize the name – “World’s Oldest Travel Agent” may be presumptuous and subject to challenge by someone out there who is older than I, who works 5 days a week as a travel agent, as I enjoy doing. But if they are out there, I say, “bring it on!” and I will confer that status to you officially. (But I’ll keep my website). My own mother, Margaret, a strong willed hard working Scottish woman lived well and independently until age 98. With a wry sense of humor,she would poke fun at her own old age (and resilience) by saying “The first hundred years are the hardest.”

And now, at 94 years of age, I find myself borrowing that line from her. But the first hundred years are also the most exciting, so why stop now? I am so grateful for my general health, mobility and independence, which I believe my travels throughout the world have contributed to. Most of all, I am grateful to our fabulous and talented staff whom I consider my extended family. Many of them have been working side by side with me for decades. They are the wind beneath my wings – the wings that have allowed me to travel to wonderful and far away places.