[otw_shortcode_promotion title="Send Us Your Story" content_type="text" content="If you are over 90 years old, we want to feature your writing on this site. " call_to_action="otw-button" image="http://ninetyoverninety.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/900-Words_edited-1-300x300.jpg" imgpossition="top" action_text="Submission Information" href="http://ninetyoverninety.com/900-words-submission-information/"][/otw_shortcode_promotion]
[otw_shortcode_content_box title_style="otw-regular-title"]Ninety Over Ninety is pleased to announce a new feature on our website as part of our broader mission to tell the stories of nonagenarians and centenarians.
Not only does this "Greatest Generation" have a lot to say, they love to write. Poems, essays, memories, comedy, history will be featured, all written by folks over ninety years old, preserved on our site for you to read and enjoy.
Two of our first submissions are written by former guests from our video interviews, Mrs. Julia Sykes, a poet, and Mr. Jule Spach, a WWII POW and missionary to Brazil. A third submission is written by Isaac Harold Storey, a Silver Star award winner who is new to Ninety Over Ninety. We look forward to bringing you more original stories.
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[otw_shortcode_flipbox box_animations="otw-b-flip-upside" front_content=""It was such a beautiful setting and what was to come seemed to be connected somehow to that amazing pot of lobelia."" front_icon_types="social foundicon-chat" front_icon_sizes="otw-b-icon-large" front_icon_brd_width="otw-b-bd-1px" front_icon_brd_color="otw-b-grey-bd" front_icon_brd_round="otw-b-rounded-medium" front_box_brd_style="otw-b-bd-solid" front_box_brd_type="otw-b-bd-all" front_box_brd_color="otw-b-grey-bd" front_box_shadow="shadow-b-medium" front_box_rounded_corners="otw-b-rounded-large" front_box_bgr_pattern="pattern-b pattern-b-6" back_title="Beverly Ohler" back_call_to_action="round otw-button " back_action_text="Bergdorf Goodman" back_href="http://ninetyoverninety.com/bergdorf-goodman-by-beverly-ohler/" back_content_link_color="otw-b-white-text" back_content_button_background="otw-b-orange-flat-bgr" back_box_brd_style="otw-b-bd-solid" back_box_brd_type="otw-b-bd-all" back_box_brd_color="otw-b-grey-bd" back_box_shadow="shadow-b-medium" back_box_rounded_corners="otw-b-rounded-large" front_box_custom_bgr_pattern="http://ninetyoverninety.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/crumpled-paper-300x210.jpg"][/otw_shortcode_flipbox]
[otw_shortcode_flipbox box_animations="otw-b-flip-upside" front_content=""After almost 75 years I’m not a baby, but I still cry."" front_icon_types="social foundicon-chat" front_icon_sizes="otw-b-icon-large" front_icon_brd_width="otw-b-bd-1px" front_icon_brd_color="otw-b-grey-bd" front_icon_brd_round="otw-b-rounded-medium" front_box_brd_style="otw-b-bd-solid" front_box_brd_type="otw-b-bd-all" front_box_brd_color="otw-b-grey-bd" front_box_shadow="shadow-b-medium" front_box_rounded_corners="otw-b-rounded-large" front_box_bgr_pattern="pattern-b pattern-b-6" back_title="Al L. Stowe" back_call_to_action="round otw-button " back_action_text="Almost Seventy-Five Years Ago" back_href="http://ninetyoverninety.com/almost-seventy-five-years-ago/" back_content_link_color="otw-b-white-text" back_content_button_background="otw-b-orange-flat-bgr" back_box_brd_style="otw-b-bd-solid" back_box_brd_type="otw-b-bd-all" back_box_brd_color="otw-b-grey-bd" back_box_shadow="shadow-b-medium" back_box_rounded_corners="otw-b-rounded-large" front_box_custom_bgr_pattern="http://ninetyoverninety.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/crumpled-paper-300x210.jpg"][/otw_shortcode_flipbox]
[otw_shortcode_flipbox box_animations="otw-b-flip-upside" front_content=""You just can’t beat the foot soldier. He is the finest man in the world."" front_icon_types="social foundicon-chat" front_icon_sizes="otw-b-icon-large" front_icon_brd_width="otw-b-bd-1px" front_icon_brd_color="otw-b-grey-bd" front_icon_brd_round="otw-b-rounded-medium" front_box_brd_style="otw-b-bd-solid" front_box_brd_type="otw-b-bd-all" front_box_brd_color="otw-b-grey-bd" front_box_shadow="shadow-b-medium" front_box_rounded_corners="otw-b-rounded-large" front_box_bgr_pattern="pattern-b pattern-b-6" back_title="Capt. Jesse Caldwell, Jr." back_call_to_action="round otw-button " back_action_text="Kitchen Tables" back_href="http://ninetyoverninety.com/diary-of-captain-jesse-b-caldwell-jr/" back_content_link_color="otw-b-white-text" back_content_button_background="otw-b-orange-flat-bgr" back_box_brd_style="otw-b-bd-solid" back_box_brd_type="otw-b-bd-all" back_box_brd_color="otw-b-grey-bd" back_box_shadow="shadow-b-medium" back_box_rounded_corners="otw-b-rounded-large" front_box_custom_bgr_pattern="http://ninetyoverninety.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/crumpled-paper-300x210.jpg"][/otw_shortcode_flipbox]
[otw_shortcode_flipbox box_animations="otw-b-flip-upside" front_content=""I am afraid I developed
a mean streak."" front_icon_types="social foundicon-chat" front_icon_sizes="otw-b-icon-large" front_icon_brd_width="otw-b-bd-1px" front_icon_brd_color="otw-b-grey-bd" front_icon_brd_round="otw-b-rounded-medium" front_box_brd_style="otw-b-bd-solid" front_box_brd_type="otw-b-bd-all" front_box_brd_color="otw-b-grey-bd" front_box_shadow="shadow-b-medium" front_box_rounded_corners="otw-b-rounded-large" front_box_bgr_pattern="pattern-b pattern-b-6" back_title="Ruby Blackburn Lambert" back_call_to_action="round otw-button " back_action_text="Regrets" back_href="http://ninetyoverninety.com/regrets-by-ruby-lambert/" back_content_link_color="otw-b-white-text" back_content_button_background="otw-b-orange-flat-bgr" back_box_brd_style="otw-b-bd-solid" back_box_brd_type="otw-b-bd-all" back_box_brd_color="otw-b-grey-bd" back_box_shadow="shadow-b-medium" back_box_rounded_corners="otw-b-rounded-large" front_box_custom_bgr_pattern="http://ninetyoverninety.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/crumpled-paper-300x210.jpg"][/otw_shortcode_flipbox]
[otw_shortcode_flipbox box_animations="otw-b-flip-upside" front_content=""I wish I had known
how my life was to become"" front_icon_types="social foundicon-chat" front_icon_sizes="otw-b-icon-large" front_icon_brd_width="otw-b-bd-1px" front_icon_brd_color="otw-b-grey-bd" front_icon_brd_round="otw-b-rounded-medium" front_box_brd_style="otw-b-bd-solid" front_box_brd_type="otw-b-bd-all" front_box_brd_color="otw-b-grey-bd" front_box_shadow="shadow-b-medium" front_box_rounded_corners="otw-b-rounded-large" front_box_bgr_pattern="pattern-b pattern-b-6" back_title="Dr. Peter Henry Daley" back_call_to_action="round otw-button " back_action_text="Purpose" back_href="http://ninetyoverninety.com/purpose-by-peter-henry-daley/" back_content_link_color="otw-b-white-text" back_content_button_background="otw-b-orange-flat-bgr" back_box_brd_style="otw-b-bd-solid" back_box_brd_type="otw-b-bd-all" back_box_brd_color="otw-b-grey-bd" back_box_shadow="shadow-b-medium" back_box_rounded_corners="otw-b-rounded-large" front_box_custom_bgr_pattern="http://ninetyoverninety.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/crumpled-paper-300x210.jpg"][/otw_shortcode_flipbox]
[otw_shortcode_flipbox box_animations="otw-b-flip-upside" front_content=""I am a patient man
at peace with myself "" front_icon_types="social foundicon-chat" front_icon_sizes="otw-b-icon-large" front_icon_brd_width="otw-b-bd-1px" front_icon_brd_color="otw-b-grey-bd" front_icon_brd_round="otw-b-rounded-medium" front_box_brd_style="otw-b-bd-solid" front_box_brd_type="otw-b-bd-all" front_box_brd_color="otw-b-grey-bd" front_box_shadow="shadow-b-medium" front_box_rounded_corners="otw-b-rounded-large" front_box_bgr_pattern="pattern-b pattern-b-6" back_title="Dr. Peter Henry Daley" back_call_to_action="round otw-button " back_action_text="Angry" back_href="http://ninetyoverninety.com/angry-by-peter-henry-daley/" back_content_link_color="otw-b-white-text" back_content_button_background="otw-b-orange-flat-bgr" back_box_brd_style="otw-b-bd-solid" back_box_brd_type="otw-b-bd-all" back_box_brd_color="otw-b-grey-bd" back_box_shadow="shadow-b-medium" back_box_rounded_corners="otw-b-rounded-large" front_box_custom_bgr_pattern="http://ninetyoverninety.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/crumpled-paper-300x210.jpg"][/otw_shortcode_flipbox]
[otw_shortcode_flipbox box_animations="otw-b-flip-upside" front_content="" 'A penny for your thoughts'
She said' "" front_icon_types="social foundicon-chat" front_icon_sizes="otw-b-icon-large" front_icon_brd_width="otw-b-bd-1px" front_icon_brd_color="otw-b-grey-bd" front_icon_brd_round="otw-b-rounded-medium" front_box_brd_style="otw-b-bd-solid" front_box_brd_type="otw-b-bd-all" front_box_brd_color="otw-b-grey-bd" front_box_shadow="shadow-b-medium" front_box_rounded_corners="otw-b-rounded-large" front_box_bgr_pattern="pattern-b pattern-b-6" back_title="Dr. Peter Henry Daley" back_call_to_action="round otw-button " back_action_text="Disskiss" back_href="http://ninetyoverninety.com/disskiss-by-peter-henry-daley/" back_content_link_color="otw-b-white-text" back_content_button_background="otw-b-orange-flat-bgr" back_box_brd_style="otw-b-bd-solid" back_box_brd_type="otw-b-bd-all" back_box_brd_color="otw-b-grey-bd" back_box_shadow="shadow-b-medium" back_box_rounded_corners="otw-b-rounded-large" front_box_custom_bgr_pattern="http://ninetyoverninety.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/crumpled-paper-300x210.jpg"][/otw_shortcode_flipbox]
[otw_shortcode_flipbox box_animations="otw-b-flip-upside" front_content=""I struggle with the button, broke a nail with the damn collar button..."" front_icon_types="social foundicon-chat" front_icon_sizes="otw-b-icon-large" front_icon_brd_width="otw-b-bd-1px" front_icon_brd_color="otw-b-grey-bd" front_icon_brd_round="otw-b-rounded-medium" front_box_brd_style="otw-b-bd-solid" front_box_brd_type="otw-b-bd-all" front_box_brd_color="otw-b-grey-bd" front_box_shadow="shadow-b-medium" front_box_rounded_corners="otw-b-rounded-large" front_box_bgr_pattern="pattern-b pattern-b-6" back_title="Dr. Peter Henry Daley" back_call_to_action="round otw-button " back_action_text="Buttons" back_href="http://ninetyoverninety.com/buttons-by-dr-peter-henry-daley/" back_content_link_color="otw-b-white-text" back_content_button_background="otw-b-orange-flat-bgr" back_box_brd_style="otw-b-bd-solid" back_box_brd_type="otw-b-bd-all" back_box_brd_color="otw-b-grey-bd" back_box_shadow="shadow-b-medium" back_box_rounded_corners="otw-b-rounded-large" front_box_custom_bgr_pattern="http://ninetyoverninety.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/crumpled-paper-300x210.jpg"][/otw_shortcode_flipbox]
[otw_shortcode_flipbox box_animations="otw-b-flip-upside" front_content=""What you see is only a fraction, as she has forty nine cloaks..."" front_icon_types="social foundicon-chat" front_icon_sizes="otw-b-icon-large" front_icon_brd_width="otw-b-bd-1px" front_icon_brd_color="otw-b-grey-bd" front_icon_brd_round="otw-b-rounded-medium" front_box_brd_style="otw-b-bd-solid" front_box_brd_type="otw-b-bd-all" front_box_brd_color="otw-b-grey-bd" front_box_shadow="shadow-b-medium" front_box_rounded_corners="otw-b-rounded-large" front_box_bgr_pattern="pattern-b pattern-b-6" back_title="Dr. Peter Henry Daley" back_call_to_action="round otw-button " back_action_text="Planet Earth" back_href="http://ninetyoverninety.com/planet-earth-by-dr-peter-henry-daley/" back_content_link_color="otw-b-white-text" back_content_button_background="otw-b-orange-flat-bgr" back_box_brd_style="otw-b-bd-solid" back_box_brd_type="otw-b-bd-all" back_box_brd_color="otw-b-grey-bd" back_box_shadow="shadow-b-medium" back_box_rounded_corners="otw-b-rounded-large" front_box_custom_bgr_pattern="http://ninetyoverninety.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/crumpled-paper-300x210.jpg"][/otw_shortcode_flipbox]
[otw_shortcode_flipbox box_animations="otw-b-flip-upside" front_content=""Generations to come will know that she was here."
" front_icon_types="social foundicon-chat" front_icon_sizes="otw-b-icon-large" front_icon_brd_width="otw-b-bd-1px" front_icon_brd_color="otw-b-grey-bd" front_icon_brd_round="otw-b-rounded-medium" front_box_brd_style="otw-b-bd-solid" front_box_brd_type="otw-b-bd-all" front_box_brd_color="otw-b-grey-bd" front_box_shadow="shadow-b-medium" front_box_rounded_corners="otw-b-rounded-large" front_box_bgr_pattern="pattern-b pattern-b-6" back_title="Julia Neal Sykes" back_call_to_action="round otw-button " back_action_text="The 20th Century Woman" back_href="http://wp.me/P5Rbzd-cg" back_content_link_color="otw-b-white-text" back_content_button_background="otw-b-orange-flat-bgr" back_box_brd_style="otw-b-bd-solid" back_box_brd_type="otw-b-bd-all" back_box_brd_color="otw-b-grey-bd" back_box_shadow="shadow-b-medium" back_box_rounded_corners="otw-b-rounded-large" front_box_custom_bgr_pattern="http://ninetyoverninety.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/crumpled-paper-300x210.jpg"][/otw_shortcode_flipbox]
[otw_shortcode_flipbox box_animations="otw-b-flip-upside" front_content=""I led my platoon across the bridge, and we started up the hill before dawn."" front_icon_types="social foundicon-chat" front_icon_sizes="otw-b-icon-large" front_icon_brd_width="otw-b-bd-1px" front_icon_brd_color="otw-b-grey-bd" front_icon_brd_round="otw-b-rounded-medium" front_box_brd_style="otw-b-bd-solid" front_box_brd_type="otw-b-bd-all" front_box_brd_color="otw-b-grey-bd" front_box_shadow="shadow-b-medium" front_box_rounded_corners="otw-b-rounded-large" front_box_bgr_pattern="pattern-b pattern-b-6" back_title="I. Harold Storey" back_call_to_action="round otw-button " back_action_text="Silver Star" back_href="http://ninetyoverninety.com/silver-star-by-isaac-harold-storey/" back_content_link_color="otw-b-white-text" back_content_button_background="otw-b-orange-flat-bgr" back_box_brd_style="otw-b-bd-solid" back_box_brd_type="otw-b-bd-all" back_box_brd_color="otw-b-grey-bd" back_box_shadow="shadow-b-medium" back_box_rounded_corners="otw-b-rounded-large" front_box_custom_bgr_pattern="http://ninetyoverninety.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/crumpled-paper-300x210.jpg"][/otw_shortcode_flipbox]
[otw_shortcode_flipbox box_animations="otw-b-flip-upside" front_content=""Each step forward had to be taken, as much in defiance as in faith."
" front_icon_types="social foundicon-chat" front_icon_sizes="otw-b-icon-large" front_icon_brd_width="otw-b-bd-1px" front_icon_brd_color="otw-b-grey-bd" front_icon_brd_round="otw-b-rounded-medium" front_box_brd_style="otw-b-bd-solid" front_box_brd_type="otw-b-bd-all" front_box_brd_color="otw-b-grey-bd" front_box_shadow="shadow-b-medium" front_box_rounded_corners="otw-b-rounded-large" front_box_bgr_pattern="pattern-b pattern-b-6" back_title="Jule Spach" back_call_to_action="round otw-button " back_action_text="Target Budapest" back_href="http://ninetyoverninety.com/target-budapest-by-jule-spach/" back_content_link_color="otw-b-white-text" back_content_button_background="otw-b-orange-flat-bgr" back_box_brd_style="otw-b-bd-solid" back_box_brd_type="otw-b-bd-all" back_box_brd_color="otw-b-grey-bd" back_box_shadow="shadow-b-medium" back_box_rounded_corners="otw-b-rounded-large" front_box_custom_bgr_pattern="http://ninetyoverninety.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/crumpled-paper-300x210.jpg"][/otw_shortcode_flipbox]
[otw_shortcode_flipbox box_animations="otw-b-flip-upside" front_content=""Did I fight in the days of yore, oft times tinged with gore..."" front_icon_types="social foundicon-chat" front_icon_sizes="otw-b-icon-large" front_icon_brd_width="otw-b-bd-1px" front_icon_brd_color="otw-b-grey-bd" front_icon_brd_round="otw-b-rounded-medium" front_box_brd_style="otw-b-bd-solid" front_box_brd_type="otw-b-bd-all" front_box_brd_color="otw-b-grey-bd" front_box_shadow="shadow-b-medium" front_box_rounded_corners="otw-b-rounded-large" front_box_bgr_pattern="pattern-b pattern-b-6" back_title="Dr. Peter Henry Daley" back_call_to_action="round otw-button " back_action_text="War in Heaven" back_href="http://ninetyoverninety.com/war-in-heaven-by-dr-peter-henry-daley/" back_content_link_color="otw-b-white-text" back_content_button_background="otw-b-orange-flat-bgr" back_box_brd_style="otw-b-bd-solid" back_box_brd_type="otw-b-bd-all" back_box_brd_color="otw-b-grey-bd" back_box_shadow="shadow-b-medium" back_box_rounded_corners="otw-b-rounded-large" front_box_custom_bgr_pattern="http://ninetyoverninety.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/crumpled-paper-300x210.jpg"][/otw_shortcode_flipbox]