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'Grand-fluencer' shares her secret to a long life at 101 years old

Mildred Kirschenbaum's daughter posted a video to Instagram on her mother's 99th birthday that went viral and since then has been sharing Mildred's advice to her more than 115,000 followers
Taylor Hernandez
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'Grand-fluencer' shares her secret to a long life at 101 years old

Mildred Kirschenbaum's daughter posted a video to Instagram on her mother's 99th birthday that went viral and since then has been sharing Mildred's advice to her more than 115,000 followers

SIX. NEW AT SIX. THIS 101 YEAR OLD BOCA RATON WOMAN HAS GONE VIRAL. MILDRED KIRSCHENBAUM’S DAUGHTER STARTED SHARING VIDEOS OF HER MOM ON INSTAGRAM THAT HAS NOW BEEN SEEN BY MILLIONS. KAYLA HERNANDEZ SAT DOWN WITH MILDRED AND HER DAUGHTER GAIL TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR SPECIAL BOND AND THE GRAND FLUENCERS SECRET TO LONGEVITY. HELLO EVERYONE, I’M MILDRED. I WANTED TO SHARE MY ADVENTURE OF THE DAY. MILDRED KIRSCHENBAUM JUST CELEBRATED HER 101ST BIRTHDAY WITH. HER 115,000 INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS. I HAD A GREAT TIME. THE RISE TO GRAND INFLUENCER STATUS CAME A COUPLE BIRTHDAYS AGO, THOUGH, WHEN HER DAUGHTER GAIL ASKED HER WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO TURN 99. I CANNOT BELIEVE IT THAT I’M 99. I STILL HAVE MY MARBLES. I POSTED IT AND IT WENT VIRAL AND THAT’S WHEN I REALIZED SHE HAD SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WANTED. SINCE THEN, GAIL HAS DEDICATED HER INSTAGRAM TO HER MOM’S STORIES. AS I AM WALKING TO THE CAR, IT STARTS TO RAIN. IT COMES DOWN IN BUCKETS. I’M GETTING A FREE SHOWER, RECORDED FACETIME CHATS. HEY MOM, HOW ARE YOU TODAY? OKAY, AND YOU AND A WEALTH OF LIFE ADVICE FROM MILDRED. DON’T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF. REMEMBER THAT THIS PROMPTED HER FOLLOWERS TO ASK FOR A BOOK, WHICH SHE AND GAIL RELEASED EARLIER THIS YEAR. MOM’S FANS KEPT SAYING MILDRED NEEDS A BOOK. MILDRED NEEDS A BOOK. WHILE HER SECRET TO LONGEVITY IS NOT SWEATING THE SMALL STUFF, MILDRED HAS A PACKED SOCIAL CALENDAR. TUESDAY AND THURSDAY, I’LL PLAY MAHJONG. WEDNESDAY, I’LL PLAY CANASTA. FRIDAY I PLAY A GAME THAT YOU NEVER HEARD OF. IT’S CALLED PAN, LIKE A FRYING PAN AND SHE NEVER MISSES HAPPY HOUR. I HAVE VODKA AND TONIC NOW. VODKA IS ALCOHOL AND THAT’S USED IN SURGERY. TONIC? THEY USE FOR LEG CRAMPS. SO IS A MEDICINAL DRINK. HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY, EVERYONE. BE HAPPY. BYE NOW. OH, MILDRED. LOVE HER. SHE. WE HAVE OUR OWN GOLDEN GIRL HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. SHE IS A TRIP. I LOVE THE VODKA AND TONIC EXCUSE. THAT’S GOING TO. THAT’S GOING TO BE US, GAIL. AND MILDRED ARE ON A SOUTH FLORIDA BOOK TOUR RIGHT NOW. AND IF YOU’D LIKE TO LEARN MORE
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'Grand-fluencer' shares her secret to a long life at 101 years old

Mildred Kirschenbaum's daughter posted a video to Instagram on her mother's 99th birthday that went viral and since then has been sharing Mildred's advice to her more than 115,000 followers
Taylor Hernandez
Morning Anchor
Mildred Kirschenbaum's daughter posted a video to Instagram on her mother's 99th birthday that went viral and since then has been sharing Mildred's advice to her more than 115,000 followers. “I cannot believe it," Mildred quipped in the original 2022 video. "That I am 99 and still have all my marbles.”That video has nearly 50,000 likes now and sparked this "grandfluencer's" next chapter.“She has an iPhone, an iPad and a computer," said Mildred's daughter, Gayle. "She is really tech savvy.” On the Instagram account, people would ask for Mildred's advice, her morning routine and recipes.Eventually, some even started asking for a book, which she and Gayle released earlier this year.Mildred still lives on her own in Boca Raton and drives herself in a new car. She said the secret to life is "not sweating the small stuff," but she also keeps a packed social calendar.“Tuesday and Thursday, I play mahjong," she said. "Wednesday, I play canasta, and Friday, I play a game you’ve never heard of. It’s called pan; like a frying pan. Saturday morning, we play bridge from 10 to 12, and then we go down for Bloody Marys and share a tuna sandwich.”Every day at happy hour, Mildred toasts to health in honor of her late son, who she lost to cancer."Without health, you can hang up your wealth,” she said.Gayle and Mildred are on a South Florida book tour for "Mildred’s Mindset: Wisdom from a Woman Centenarian."
BOCA RATON, Fla. —

Mildred Kirschenbaum's daughter posted a video to Instagram on her mother's 99th birthday that went viral and since then has been sharing Mildred's advice to her more than 115,000 followers.

“I cannot believe it," Mildred quipped in the original 2022 video. "That I am 99 and still have all my marbles.”

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That video has nearly 50,000 likes now and sparked this "grandfluencer's" next chapter.

“She has an iPhone, an iPad and a computer," said Mildred's daughter, Gayle. "She is really tech savvy.”

On the Instagram account, people would ask for Mildred's advice, her morning routine and recipes.

Eventually, some even started asking for a book, which she and Gayle released earlier this year.

Mildred still lives on her own in Boca Raton and drives herself in a new car.

She said the secret to life is "not sweating the small stuff," but she also keeps a packed social calendar.

“Tuesday and Thursday, I play mahjong," she said. "Wednesday, I play canasta, and Friday, I play a game you’ve never heard of. It’s called pan; like a frying pan. Saturday morning, we play bridge from 10 to 12, and then we go down for Bloody Marys and share a tuna sandwich.”

Every day at happy hour, Mildred toasts to health in honor of her late son, who she lost to cancer.

"Without health, you can hang up your wealth,” she said.

Gayle and Mildred are on a South Florida book tour for "Mildred’s Mindset: Wisdom from a Woman Centenarian."

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