Longtime dental hygienist is not done quite yet

Vickie Carroll, who has been married for 42 years, tries to take 10,000 steps a day.

Waiting for her daughter so they could go walking, this dental hygienist in her 43rd year of practice was a bit camera shy. But she wasn’t bashful in describing life at home with her retired husband.

“My theory is that somebody needs to be out of the house three days a week, and it’s me. It works.

“I have a patient who not too long ago said, ‘When you turn 60 and start thinking about retiring, I need for you to let me know.’ I said, ‘Well, Ed, that ship has sailed. I’m past 60, but I’ll be doing this for a while longer.’ He said, ‘That’s good because I didn’t know how your husband would feel about me showing up at your back door twice a year to have my teeth cleaned.’”

— Vickie Carroll