When Helen Watson91裸聊视频檚 birthday rolled around last Saturday (Nov. 21), she couldn91裸聊视频檛 party like she was 100 91裸聊视频� as she did five years ago, when she actually turned 100 91裸聊视频� but the South Surrey senior wasn91裸聊视频檛 complaining.

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91裸聊视频淚t was very nice, everybody was so good to me,91裸聊视频� Watson told Peace Arch News Monday (Nov. 23) of her 105th birthday celebration.

91裸聊视频淚t was just fine the way it was.91裸聊视频�

The COVID-19 pandemic firmly quashed any plans that may have otherwise been made to celebrate the occasion in the fashion it deserves.

Pandemic protocols months ago changed how family visits could take place for Watson, and earlier this month 91裸聊视频� after restrictions were ramped-up due to the ongoing surge in cases 91裸聊视频� the visits were halted altogether, in the name of safety.

91裸聊视频淣obody91裸聊视频檚 allowed in right now, and that91裸聊视频檚 OK with us,91裸聊视频� Watson91裸聊视频檚 son, Larry, said last week. 91裸聊视频淚 understand that they91裸聊视频檙e very strict there. I91裸聊视频檓 glad they91裸聊视频檙e doing that because it91裸聊视频檚 for the safety of everyone there.91裸聊视频�

Larry said he and his wife had shifted how they visit some time ago, to standing at a safe distance outside his mom91裸聊视频檚 window and speaking to her over the phone. They could see and hear each other more clearly than through the Plexiglas screen that had to separate them inside, he explained, and 91裸聊视频渋t seems like a better visit.91裸聊视频�

The 79-year-old said it91裸聊视频檚 difficult to sum his mother91裸聊视频檚 life up in just a few lines. Words that describe her have long included artist, independent and feisty.

Now, the description also includes 91裸聊视频榮urvivor of two global pandemics,91裸聊视频� as Watson was three years old when the Spanish Flu struck in 1918.

91裸聊视频淗er parents were affected by it, her father, he went deaf from it,91裸聊视频� Larry said.

Larry said his mom is 91裸聊视频渧ery surprised91裸聊视频� and maybe a little upset91裸聊视频� about the current pandemic, 91裸聊视频渂ecause she can91裸聊视频檛 see her family.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淭hat91裸聊视频檚 the hard part for her, that she doesn91裸聊视频檛 get to see anybody.91裸聊视频�

When Watson first joined the ranks of centenarian in 2015, she welcomed a PAN reporter into her home, sharing a snippet of her creative side and just a few of the countless memories and experiences she has had 91裸聊视频� from an early childhood in Saskatchewan, to seeing her first airplane, to meeting her husband while working at St. Paul91裸聊视频檚 Hospital in Vancouver, to travelling solo around the province and into the U.S. into her early nineties.

91裸聊视频淚 did everything,91裸聊视频� she said at the time.

91裸聊视频淪he wasn91裸聊视频檛 scared to go out and do things,91裸聊视频� her son said Monday.

The family marked Watson91裸聊视频檚 first 100 years by publishing a book of photos, and this year, made her a blanket to take the chill off. They91裸聊视频檙e looking forward to days when they can have a proper visit.

91裸聊视频淗opefully everything will be OK in six months or so and her family can get back in and see her.91裸聊视频�