Carla Benning

Up to 70% Off — Ends Halloween Night

For 19 Halloweens, Bonnie Sikes drove Bus 22 with a witch hat on the dashboard. This Halloween she can't reach her own windowsill. If you're over 60 and you think you'll be driving your own life at 70, read this. I'm Carla Benning, 64. I dispatched school buses for the county for 27 years. 61 buses. Bonnie's was the first voice on my radio every morning. "Twenty-two rolling, Carla. Coffee's terrible." Every October 31 she wore that hat on Route 9 and handed every kid a butterscotch candy at the last stop. Never offered me one. About 8 years ago she showed me a bone scan letter with a number to keep an eye on. I didn't look up from the route board. "Calcium." She took it every morning. In February 2025 her hip broke in her laundry room in the middle of the night. 11 hours on the concrete. She never went home. Last Sunday I drove two counties over with a little pumpkin from the market. Bonnie was in her wheelchair by the window. Her old county jacket was on the chair. "Put it up there for me, Carla. I can't get to the sill." The sill was 3 feet away. 3 feet. I set the pumpkin on it and went out to my car and sat for a while. I'm on a weekly shot with my doctor, down 41 pounds. Weight loss can include lean tissue as well as fat. My daughter Renee, the science teacher, told me bone is a collagen frame with mineral laid on it, and a calcium pill is the mineral. Half. That's what I handed Bonnie. Half. If you've ever answered someone with one word, If you've been taking calcium and calling it covered, If you've stopped carrying your own groceries, it isn't too late to ask better questions. Lou, Hal's wife, brings her thermos to our Thursday strength class. One scoop of DensiaPlus in it every morning for two years. I read her label against Renee's list and ordered it. It's in my coffee at 5:40, after I call Bonnie. Collagen isn't a complete protein, so the eggs come first. My doctor runs my prescriptions. You don't have to wait for a windowsill. You can carry your own groceries this week. You can read the back of your calcium bottle. DensiaPlus is 9 grams of collagen peptides with calcium, magnesium, vitamin D3, vitamin K2 (MK-7), vitamin C, zinc, copper and boron. One scoop a day, stirred into coffee, tea or water. Halloween Special: up to 70% off — ends Halloween night. Buy 2 bags, get 1 free, or buy 3, get 2 free. Every bag comes with a 90-day money-back guarantee, empty or full. Carla Benning, 64, retired school bus dispatcher P.S. If you take a blood thinner like warfarin, talk to your doctor before starting anything with vitamin K, this included. Calcium can affect how some medications are absorbed, so ask your doctor or pharmacist about timing. Keep taking everything you've been prescribed. P.P.S. I'm taking her a butterscotch on Saturday. I'm going to make her offer me one. P.P.P.S. Halloween Special: up to 70% off — ends Halloween night. Buy 2, get 1 free, or buy 3, get 2 free. 90-day money-back guarantee, empty or full.