Making it to your 100th birthday is no small miracle. To turn 100 years old with your memory intact and a sense of humor, not to mention in good physical health, if that isn’t a miracle, it’s pretty close to it.
Tsuyo Toyama celebrated a century of life in January. She arrived not as a marathon runner who crosses the finish line exhausted, but as the long-distance runner who still has enough in her for a few more races.
Relatives from Japan, Brazil, Turkey, and Costa Rica arrived in Lima, Peru, to celebrate her 100th birthday. Her son, Takeshi, who lives in Okinawa, brought he…