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And she followed up on it.

And we became friends after that.

Carol, what's your favorite thing to do with Nina?

Well, I love to go to her concerts.

She's a singer and she sings in Farsi, Spanish and English.

And I also just like to talk to her.

I like to learn what she's up to and get a perspective on the world that I don't get.

They're probably more positive about the world than I am at this point and more ambitious, I'd say.

the way that Carol lives her life is very ambitious and inspiring.

Her social life, her friends, the way she keeps up with people, how active she is, how much she travels at her age.

And then also like everything that she accomplished in her younger years, you know, coming to New York City as a single woman and,

In the 50s and what you built for yourself and everything you accomplished, I think, I think, and that's why I think it's important for people to have these intergenerational friendships is because we have so much to learn from the people who are older than us.

We consistently go to people who are our age seeking advice.

Failing to remember that we're all kind of in the same boat.

Why not go to somebody who has seen it, who's done it, and who can offer you insights that come from a world of experience?

I'm starting to work on a children's book with one of my friends that's inspired by Carol and I's story because I want younger people to see value in those who are older than them.

Nina, what would you say is the biggest lesson that you've learned from Carol?

In the end, everything is going to be okay.

Life is going to happen how it's going to happen.

Some mistake you make or something that you don't do to the level that you want in the earlier part of your life is not going to determine whether or not you can be happy 50 years down the line.