Shirley Hodes, 106, walks along with her daughter Trudy Galynker Picture: Ester Bloom Shirley Hodes, 106, hasn’t seen her little sister, Ruth “Ruthy” Sweedler, 103, in individual since 2015. Visiting is tough, as they dwell in varied assisted dwelling amenities hundreds of miles away from Hodes exterior of Asheville. North Carolina and The Sweedler out of Hartford, Connecticut and neither may be very cellular anymore. Nevertheless, they speak on the telephone thrice per week. Hodes makes use of a landline telephone specifically chosen to have enormous numbers and as few buttons as attainable, since her eyes should not that sharp. Regardless, she’s going to do no matter it takes to…