Secrets of Aging Well I met Donna M. Cavey at Wal-mart. I do not know anything about Donna, and Donna does not know anything about me either. However, while I was shopping at Wal-mart, I was amazed by Donna’s nimble walk, clear speech, and healthy looking as Donna appeared as an old lady with very white hair. Due to the fact that I needed to interview someone old for my HLTH 120 class, I asked Donna to be my interviewee, and she accepted. Donna was born on May 12, 1934. She grew up in a place called Triadelphia Pike in Howard County, MD, and she has never lived somewhere besides Howard County. She came from a poor family. In order to help her family raising her siblings, she dropped out of high school and got a job as a cashier. She got married at the age of 16 and dedicated the rest of her life as a house wife. She enjoys cooking, washing dishes, cleaning house, playing with pets, and taking care of children and grandchildren. She almost does those things every single day. Other than these, she also enjoys walking and hiking with her family, children, and grandchildren. The length of walking and hiking depends on the weather, somewhere around 2 hours a time. Currently she focuses more on walking because she believes walking is the most important and effective thing that influences longevity. Therefore, whatever she is done with her job inside of the house, she goes to walk about 1-2 hours in her community. If it rains outside, she chooses walking stairs instead. She also believes that the nutritional awareness is important in the relationship to healthy aging. She always consumes fruits, vegetables, whole grain bread, and foods with high fibers and proteins such as cereal, fish, and white meat; she avoids eating white bread and foods with high sugar, high fat, and high calories; especially after she became diabetic due to age, she eats even more carefully.