Mother Theresa was never very flexible or athletic but lately, at the age of 91, she has been showing off her gymnastic prowess.

Unlike Olga Korbut, now 70 years old, and an Olympic legend, my mom practices her routines in the privacy of her own home.

Last week, she was working in the kitchen (probably cooking up something delicious) when she tripped over her rollator (also referred to as her Johnny Walker) and performed a well-orchestrated fall to the floor.

Lying there taking a quick inventory of what body part hurt, she realized that she only banged up her foot. However, she was unable to lift herself up due to her two frozen shoulders and lack of arm and leg strength.

So, what did she do. She shimmied herself through the kitchen and into her carpeted dining room to see if she could use a chair to lift herself up. After an hour trying this, she finally decided to push her Lively Call Button (I’ve fallen and I can’t get up device).

She told the representative that she wasn’t hurt and did not need an ambulance. Just needed two good looking firefighters to come and pick her up. Her building is secured as is the elevator but the fire department has access. Unfortunately, she gave the Lively rep the wrong keycode to her front door.

After listening to the firemen trying to open the door pressing the wrong keys, one of them inverted the numbers and opened the door only to find Mother Theresa lying there in the tiled hallway looking at them upside down. She had worked her way into the hall and slid herself on her back to the front door to try and unlock it.

After a once over by the firemen, they deemed mom ok to pick up and land in a chair. She thanked them profusely and after they left she promptly brushed her teeth and went to bed at 6:30 in the evening.

Needless to say, Mother Theresa is very hard minded lady and is determined to live independently. And, of course she now has two handsome firefighters at her beck and call!