- 10/1/2007 12:55:17 PMGambling MoneyGreat Grandma Gladys likes to play cards with her friends. I think the game of choice is Bridge. I know nothing about it, only that they play for pennies and Gladys is pretty good at it. I know this because she donated her winnings. That's pretty cool. I never could have foreseen donations coming from something like that. Chalk that up to the ever-growing list of mysterious ways of the Lord.
Don't get me wrong. It is not that I condone gambling or believe that God does. I'm not sure that I would even put this in the category of gambling as much as a method of keeping score in an activity that elderly people engage in. "Gambling" is what I did when I purchased a losing lottery ticket.
I've played cards for pennies before. Sometimes I will get our penny jar off of the top of the refrigerator and the kids and I will play 21. I'll give each of them 20 cents and we'll play until we get tired. Then all the pennies go back in the jar until another day. Playing for pennies takes time and patience. Grandma Gladys has both. God bless her. I believe key aspects of her personality and spirit have passed on to her daughter (Grandma Carol) and my wife. What a fortunate and blessed man I am to be surrounded by such people.
