Diana Bernard:  

For ten years, I've been a team member of the "Sweet and Sassy" Linedance Performance group. There are nineteen of us now. Our five year anniversary celebration was at DisneyWorld in the fall of 2012. Our director/choreographer is well-known for the many awards that she has received. We performed several numbers on The Carnival Dream in January 2010 to an enthusiastic audience. We perform in The Villages at the town squares, and for social clubs. Our tenth year anniversary will be spent on a four day cruise on Royal Carribbean in 2017. On August 13th, 2010, my husband after 45 years of marriage died unexpectedly. He was my soul mate and best friend! We met when he was 26 and I was 18. He is now my "special angel". On Dec 5th, 2011, my bereavement group went on a five day cruise to Mexico. The six of us had a wonderful time reminiscing about our lives, shopping, playing games, and being entertained. We try to get together every month either for dinner or cards and catching up on each other's lives. Two of the ladies have now moved, one died, and one remarried this summer. Signed up for ballroom dance lessons with the Lifelong College and joined The Villages Singles Club in January, 2012. Met Bob in June, 2012 and became dance partners. Have been in a relationship with him for four years. Christmas (2014) Bob presented me with a beautiful "commitment" ring. On Saturday, May 26th, 2012, The Villages inaugural "Honor Flight" took 25 World War II veterans to Washington, DC to see their Memorial and other sites. I accompanied an 88 year old man as his guardian. It was both physically and emotionally draining for these veterans during the entire day trip, but well worth the effort. As for me, it was a privilege and an honor to escort my veteran, who had never been to Washington. On October 5th, 2013, I flew as a guardian a second time and then again accompanied another WWII veteran on the April 27th, 2014 flight. My next assignment was as a guardian and a squad leader for the "Flightless" Honor Flight, September, 2014. This was a virtual flight for those veterans, who were unable to fly to see their monuments in DC due to health reasons. This past February, I was again a squad leader and a guardian for my neighbor's dad, who is a WWII veteran. In September, 2015, I was a squad leader and guardian of another WWII Army Veteran on the Flightless Honor Flight. This May 2016, I a...Expand for more