CHESAPEAKE, Va. — A Virginia Beach woman is turning 80 on Saturday, but you may be surprised by how she chose to celebrate her birthday.

Last month, Dixie Lehman, a resident at Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay, celebrated her 80th birthday by going skydiving for the fifth time with her son, Sandra Parker shared with News 3.

For the past five years, Lehman and her son have gone skydiving to celebrate their birthdays, which both happen in August, Lehman shared in an interview.

She explained why she decided to celebrate her birthday this way.

"It was just one of those things that seemed like it would be something unusual, and something to look forward to, and just a way to make a bond and a connection with my son," Lehman said.

When she was 18 months old, Lehman got polio, and do

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