Dallas (CBSDFW.COM) —If your New Year’s goals are already in need of a little boost — you might want to meet Barbara Ingram of Dallas.
“I still want to be able to go out and face challenges,” says homemaker and great-grandmother, 83. “I was bored … and I decided I needed to do something mentally to keep me busy.”
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When she had puzzles during the pandemic, Ingram decided to take on a new challenge: Harvard.
“It was the best school I could go to, and the hardest school I thought I could go to,” she explains with a shrug and a smile.
Barbara Ingram (CBS 11)
So, with the full support of her family—and a little amazement from friends—Ingram will begin her fourth semester at the elite school later this month.
She says she’s studying economics, history—and yes, having fun while working hard.
“I have a routine,” Ingram explains. “I start at 10:00 at night and read till 2:30 in the morning and if I read longer, I might have done better, but that was my routine.”
Ingram is taking his courses online, but wants to visit campus eventually.
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For now, she says she loves it so much that she almost feels guilty for all the suffering in the world.
Moreover, this ‘walking billboard’ has become a real one for lifelong learning!
An unidentified supporter has put up a billboard in Park Lane in Dallas and Greenville touting his latest challenge.
“I couldn’t process it the first time[husband]Stan and I pulled over to see it,” she shares.
And while she’s enjoying both the applause and the challenge, Ingram says she knows the message is about more than just persuading her.
“There was a lady who was taking a picture and I said, ‘Why are you taking a picture of this’? And she said, ‘Because I want my mother to see this’. She wanted her mother to be at the ball. Get down and do something!”
Ingram conveys the message to superiors or anyone that “ages are just numbers.”
If you are capable and capable, keep setting new goals and pursuing them. After all, dreams don’t have to come up with expiration dates.
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Shares Ingram, “We’ve done a lot, but we still have a lot to do.”
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