Thanks for choosing me to be a member

Mr. Mark Hamilton: I received some information from Neothink a while back. Guess I wasn't ready for it, and I am so sorry I didn't pursue and peruse it at that time - lots of wasted years. So here I am now, 79 years old, very active (I can still stand on my head in the middle of any room).

As recently as nine months ago, I experienced the death of my 58-year-old first-born son; he was an alcoholic and a smoker, and died of lung cancer. I am a widow and have 2 children left: a 56-year-old workaholic son, whom I adore, and my precious 55-year-old daughter, although she hasn't spoken to me since the death of my son, due to some horrible lies her father (my ex) has told her about me. She is still loved. Enough of the sad stuff in my life; I have more than my share of happiness.

I dance three times a week - country western on Tuesday afternoons and Friday nights, ballroom on Thursday afternoons. Dancing has been my Friday night essence for the past 40 years. I was married to a minister for 20 years prior to that, who didn't believe in dancing. He wouldn't even have sex standing up because he was afraid God would think we were dancing. A little humor intended.

Twenty-five of my dancing friends have come to my home for the past 43 months, on the second Tuesday of every month, to eat, sing, dance, and act silly; the average age is 77, and there are four over 90. One of the dancers is a professional pianist, and every month he plays my Parlor Grand piano for us. The majority of us have danced at the same places for 35 to 40 years. We haven't missed a month meeting at my house during those 43 months. The party starts after this old grandmother of six, great-grandmother of seven, finishes standing on her head. I guess dancing keeps us young, off of the streets, and out of the bars.

I am halfway through Miss Annabelle's Secrets and spend most of my spare time, when I'm not dancing, reading it. Can't wait to finish it. The anxiousness was overwhelming inside of me until I got my secret meetings information. Thanks for choosing me to be a member. I'm thankful so far, and I can hardly wait, because I am sure I will be more thankful as time goes by.

Bonnie B.