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For many parents, living long enough to see their children fulfil their dreams, is a dream itself. But the daughter of 110-year-old Irving Joseph, of Arima, said this is her father’s reality,
“One of his dreams for me personally was to become a teacher, you know he always wanted me to become a teacher and I was like ‘no’ and eventually I ended up turning out to be a teacher and I know he is very happy about that,” his youngest daughter Josanne Joseph said.
The supercentenarian who celebrated his birthday at his St Joseph Street home on Tuesday, surrounded by his loved ones, was paid a special visit by Member of Parliament (MP) for the area and Opposition Leader Pennelope Beckles. She said she has made room in the calendar for Joseph's birthday every year since he turned 100 years old.
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