Sue Ann Gilmore:  

Life My Spouse Daniel and I met at a Mensa convention in St. Louis in 1995. He was living in Seattle and I was living near San Francisco. After a year of a long-distance relationship, I decided to take the plunge and move north. It was the best decision I've ever made. He's the Love of my Life. We married 4-4-99. My Kid My son, Brett, is the product of my marriage to Chuck Poindexter, a Mackenzie grad, class of '63, who died December 2003. We were married nine years when Brett was born and he was always a handful, as well as a joy. We didn't find out for several years that Brett has brain damage and severe learning disabilities. Since Chuck and I were in gifted programs in school, this was a sad surprise. He's a very loving young man. He moved from the San Francisco Bay Area to middle-of-nowhere, Texas in 2003 and then to Seattle in 2008. Next he moved to Birmingham AL to be with a lovely lady. It's sad that it didn't work out, but we're delighted to have Brett living near us again, just 15 minutes south in Federal Way, WA. Me I was a travel agent for 30 years and have traveled the globe and all of our 50 states and Canada's provinces. Besides my family, travel is my passion. My job with Expedia as a corporate travel consultant ended May 2011, so we've been traveling North America in our little Class C motorhome, Riglet. It's been great fun and a great way to make new friends. Daniel and I took 4 Caribbean cruises on Holland America back in 2013-15 when they were still doing "Dancing With The Stars" cruises and we got acquainted with pro dancers Mark Balas and Derek Hough (who asked me to do a swing dance with him!) and celebrity Joey Fatone, who also asked me to dance. Great fun!! We've since taken 4 transatlantic cruises, followed by touring Europe in a rental car for 2 to 3 weeks. Such fun it was and we're really hoping to repeat that experience in November 2021 if Americans are allowed in by then. We've had our second vaccin...Expand for more