"What a weird title" you may think! When I was a mere 15 years old, I started a Bobby Vee Fan Club, which became quite successful with members from all over.

During the two years that I ran the Club, I started to correspond with many girls who shared my interest in Bobby Vee and his music.

As I became accquainted with these girls, we began to discuss other areas of our lives, like boys, school, dances, all the things teenagers talked about in those days.

I was hooked from then on, and pen paling has brought such joy to my life ever since. By the way, I am still pals with two of the ladies from my Bobby Vee Fan Club. I have met both of them.

In fact, my pen pal, Marie, and her daughter met with my husband, son and I in New York a few years ago and had dinner. What a great time we had!

I am such good friends with many of the ladies I have met since, and it is wonderful to be able to sit down and write an old-fashioned letter on pretty stationery, and discuss our lives. It is a wonderful past time and I am so lucky to have these great people in my life.

That is my story. Hope you enjoyed reading it. (Any old Bobby Vee fans out there?)

Sharon