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Date Posted: 17:10:11 04/14/02 Sun
Author: Mernie
Subject: Re: Braves, Blackjack and Love
In reply to: Gina 's message, "Braves, Blackjack and Love" on 15:40:33 04/14/02 Sun

>Hi guys, I just got back from a weekend trip to the
>casino and something wonderful happened to me
>there.....and I just wanted to share this touching
>experience with some people that have also touched my
>heart.....I was sitting at a blackjack table having a
>great time.....I knew the dealer and had become
>friendly with his wife on a previous trip...I always
>play at his table and inquire about her....(she can't
>play at his table.....but, sat at a neihboring table
>and fussed at him for giving me bad hands....we were
>instant friends)....The casino is on an Indian
>Reservation in Mississippi....I have gotten to know so
>many people that work there and gamble
>there..........as we get to visit them fairly
>often.......getting back to my story....A chair beside
>me become open....along comes a lady in her early
>70's.....she is in a wheelchair and has an oxygen
>tank....her husband was with her and was standing
>behind her telling her what cards she had and what
>kind of cards the dealer was showing.....I then
>realized that her vision was also failing her....They
>were from Atlanta and big Braves fans......They were
>celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversery........This
>man stood behind her helping her play for
>hours........as the time went by we chatted about so
>many things....our shared love of Braves
>baseball...our shared love of Las Vegas.....Blackjack
>etc...Finally he felt like he could trust me with her
>long enough to run to the bathroom....While he was
>gone.....she told me she was dying.....and that he was
>doing everything within his power to make her last
>days wonderful....That much was obvious....Later on a
>fight had broken out behind us....this man wrapped his
>arms around her to protect her from the crowd and the
>fight.....she got scared and almost started
>crying.....it was kind of scary for me.....I can only
>imagine how one would feel in her shoes.... I padded
>her hand and told her everything was ok.....that the
>fight was over and security guards were taking the men
>away....We shared e-mail addresses and I plan to
>remain in contact with them....Some of you may wonder
>why I wanted to post this......but, I don't think God
>sends strangers our way without a reason........My
>relationships with men have not been the best in the
>world....I blame myself for a lot of that as I have a
>problem trusting a man to be faithful and even
>remaining faithful to one man........Can you imagine
>50 years of hard work to hold a marriage together,
>paying a mortgage etc.......And now saying
>good-bye......In the past I have wondered why anyone
>would bring a loved one on oxygen and in a wheelchair
>in such a loud rowdy place.....but, since I have
>fallen in love with the cards.........I know.....if
>that is where they wanna spend their last
>days........to Hell with what the rest of the world
>thinks.......Thanks for letting me ramble.....Gina

Gina, that was a wonderful story.....

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