<div><p>It's never too late to fulfill your dreams. This great-grandmother from Pennsylvania is living proof that you're never too old to accomplish your goals. </p><p>Theresia Brandl, now 105-years-old, had always wanted to finish high school. Unfortunately tough life choices got in the way.</p><p>She had to choose between caring for her sick mother, or finishing school. </p><p> "She couldn't take care of herself, so she needed someone to take care of her, so I quit school to take care of her," <a href="http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/whats-hot/256389067-story">Brandl said. </a></p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/PA_105_YR_OLD_GRADUATES_HIGH_SCHOOL__VO_SOT___PA105YROLDGETSHSDIPLOMA-mp4_00-00-06-26_1495457771550_3349877_ver1-0_640_360.png" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/PA_105_YR_OLD_GRADUATES_HIGH_SCHOOL__VO_SOT___PA105YROLDGETSHSDIPLOMA-mp4_00-00-06-26_1495457771550_3349877_ver1-0_640_360_GH_content_550px.png 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Fox</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>Donning her cap and gown last Wednesday, surrounded by her 4 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren and 5 great-great-grandchildren she finally was able to accomplish the goal she set out decades earlier. </p><p>"All of my friends had one and I decided I needed one," she said. </p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/GREAT_GRANDMOTHER_GRADUATES_HIGH_SCHOOL__MICHELLE_CHAVEZ_PKG___CHAVEZ010-mp4_00-00-15-15_1495457770181_3349876_ver1-0_640_360.png" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/GREAT_GRANDMOTHER_GRADUATES_HIGH_SCHOOL__MICHELLE_CHAVEZ_PKG___CHAVEZ010-mp4_00-00-15-15_1495457770181_3349876_ver1-0_640_360_GH_content_550px.png 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Fox</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>That's when her family and friends got in touch with the Twilight Wish Foundation, an organization that helps to fulfill wishes for seniors. </p><p>"They all chipped in a little bit and helped me get it," Brandl said. </p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/PA_105_YR_OLD_GRADUATES_HIGH_SCHOOL__VO_SOT___PA105YROLDGETSHSDIPLOMA-mp4_00-00-17-05_1495457773245_3349878_ver1-0_640_360.png" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/PA_105_YR_OLD_GRADUATES_HIGH_SCHOOL__VO_SOT___PA105YROLDGETSHSDIPLOMA-mp4_00-00-17-05_1495457773245_3349878_ver1-0_640_360_GH_content_550px.png 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Fox</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>Brandl attended Stowe High School until she dropped out. The school later merged with another forming the Sto-Rox High School, which awarded the 105-year-old her honorary high school diploma. </p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/S-105-YEAR-OLD-GRADUATES-HIGH-SCHOOL-5P_00-00-04-08_1495457773261_3349879_ver1-0_640_360.png" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/S-105-YEAR-OLD-GRADUATES-HIGH-SCHOOL-5P_00-00-04-08_1495457773261_3349879_ver1-0_640_360_GH_content_550px.png 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Fox</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>Afterwards her family held a graduation party for her in her Oakdale nursing home to celebrate the big occasion. </p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/PA_105_YR_OLD_GRADUATES_HIGH_SCHOOL__VO_SOT___PA105YROLDGETSHSDIPLOMA-mp4_00-00-13-00_1495457760845_3349873_ver1-0_640_360.png" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/PA_105_YR_OLD_GRADUATES_HIGH_SCHOOL__VO_SOT___PA105YROLDGETSHSDIPLOMA-mp4_00-00-13-00_1495457760845_3349873_ver1-0_640_360_GH_content_550px.png 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Fox</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>The secret to her long life? </p><p>"Just living, watching ball games and football games," <a href="http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2017/05/17/105-year-old-graduate/">she says.</a></p><p></p><p></p></div>