Christmas Eve marked the 90th birthday of Jon's grandmother Edith Coschignano. This amazing (and stubborn) Danish woman has lived on the Iron Range her whole life. She still lives alone in the home where she raised her two children. She is still as sharp as ever and we celebrated her birthday with gifts and dinner at Grandma's Restaurant in Hibbing. She recounted a funny story to us about her son Pat, who surprised her by flying in for her birthday from Colorado. Apparently he went out and bought a 6" bunt cake and then managed to cram 90 candles onto it and get all of them lit. Grandma said he had all the smoke detectors in the house going off. Still, she was proud to tell us that she blew out all 90 candles. Here's a toast to Edith...may 2008 be healthy and happy for her!
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