My childhood was not a typical, \u201cnormal\u201d childhood. In fact, the star of my family has always been my mother. You see, while most typical childhoods consisted of typical, quite consistent weekends, mine was full of movement and actually dappled with many adventures.<\/p>\n
My parents loved to play bridge \u2013 the card game. That was their passion and their existence for living. I say that lovingly, of course. But it is true that my mom was the star of the family. Most weekends comprised of going to local bridge games, then chapter tournaments, to national tournaments, in which my mother reined supreme several times. Our house was filled with her ribbons and trophies.<\/p>\n
I knew when it was almost time to go to a tourney because my mom and dad would sit up all hours of the night, with their best pals, Laddie and Millie, not playing, but competing. Of course, my dad, (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My childhood was not a typical, \u201cnormal\u201d childhood. In fact, the star of my family has always been my mother. You see, while most typical childhoods consisted of typical, quite consistent weekends, mine was full of movement and actually dappled…<\/span><\/p>\n