by Gemma Watters

Our month-long series, "The Ninth Inning," focuses on the remarkable lives of older-generation Americans, and it has motivated many of you to write in with your own stories. Some are personal reflections, and some are stories about loved ones. After hearing last week's incredible profile of Dorothy Toy Fong, a 91-year-old dancer, listener George Wood sent us this email:

I would like to recommend to you my mother, Eldora Wood, of Pinehurst, NC for your series on seniors. She is 84 and runs her own business, a gift shop. She goes to work every day, manages both the shop and the rental spaces above the store, and travels around the country to stock the store. She was a child of the midwest and Depression, taught school in a one-roomed school house in rural Iowa, ran summer programs in Biloxi, has survived breast cancer and the slow death of her husband from Alzheimers, raised four children of her own and four others from her husband's first marriage. She is affectionately known by her children as the Queen Mother of Pinehurst, serving on the library board and long-range planning committee for the village. She is a remarkable woman with no desire to ever retire and widely loved by her neighbors and customers.

If you know someone who has led an amazing life, or you have a wonderful story to tell, we would love to hear it. Post it here and we might put you on the air, just like George and Eldora.