Meet Etta Mouille. Etta said she’s feeling just fine at 99 years old.
No complaints from her.
“Oh, I can find some, but I’m not going to.”
“Oh, I can find some, but I’m not going to.”
She was born and raised in Lafayette. Back then, it was mostly a rural community.
“It was country. My daddy would raise cattle horses and mules.”
“It was country. My daddy would raise cattle horses and mules.”
Etta fondly remembers how her family spent a lot of time in what could be considered the family’s favorite room.
“We lived most all in the dining room. I don’t know why, but there was a chimney there so we always would be in the dining room,” she said.
Etta eventually move on and got married.Her husband was a salesman.The couple had six children.
“God took two, but I have the rest.”
These days, she said she enjoys watching her grandchildren and great-grand children grow.
“Every day it’s something new. They learn something new every day,” she said.
Etta said after living nearly a century she has learned some valuable lessons about what’s important.
“It’s to have family. Try to get along and get ahead. That is very important.”
“It’s to have family. Try to get along and get ahead. That is very important.”
She said she also learned a lesson about being grateful and content.
“Learn to be happy with what you have and make the best of what you have.”
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