Back in the mid-1950s, when many African colonies were getting their Independence, a retired British naval officer and his wife decided to move to New Zealand and go by sea, in the ocean going yacht they owned. However, the couple had the naval officer's 96 year old mother living with them, and in the 1950s getting to 90 was todays getting to 100. They decided she had better fly to New Zealand and made the arrangements.
When the elderly lady was told of the plans, she told them to cancel the ticket. She would come on the sailing yacht with them - and she did, sitting on deck and knitting sweaters, gloves and scarves that might be needed in the cooler climate of New Zealand.
I heard this story on the radio when I was in my mid-teens and it made an immense impression on me, I decided she would be my inspiration and example when I grew old - and she is.