Family Poker Night
Every week my three brothers and our dad get together at our family home to play poker. It has been a family game night since I turned 18 and that was 2 years ago.
Dad was always the host and Mom played hostess slash bar tender. She would always over dress but we never got hungry or thirsty and always had a good time.
My three brothers are Dave, is a lawyer at 30 years old. Mike, joined the police force and is 26. John is a senior in college, he is 22. Then there is me, Charlie at 20, I still have not decided what I want to do, but I am also the tallest member of the family and I stand at 5'8". Yea I am the tallest of all my family to include dad and mom. Dad is about 5'6" in his bare feet and mom is a petite 4'11", but she is not the shortest member of the family, that would be Maggie, our only sister, at 18 and shortest standing a whopping 4'9" and that is pushing it with her boots!
On this weekend, Mom had to go out of town to help her sister who had just lost her husband to the big "C". but that is another story for a later time.
Mom asked Maggie to act as a stand-in for her at the game. This would be Maggie's first game night ever as she always studying hard to get great grades as she wanted to be a doctor. She would study and then go straight to bed always before 9:30, her choice!
On this game night she agreed to take mom's place as hostess. Mo told her that no one was to get too drunk nor were we not allowed to leave once the game started.
Mom instructed Maggie to go to her closest and dress just as she would have if she were there. Mom dressed in layers but was always looking to good to be a mother of 4. Mom was married at 16 and three months later Mike was born so she is a young 46 Dad was 50 and they are happy in their marriage.
Maggie was informed by mom to keep everyone happy and fed, but most of all, enjoy the fun!
We all sat down at the game table at 8:00 and Maggie brought everyone a first beer and potato chips.
We played until John had won most of the poker chips, which was around 10:00. Dad said, "Looks like John has won and we don't have any poker chips to bet so that ends the game."
I said, "Wait a second, I bet Maggie's boot!"And Dave said with a laugh, "Well then I bet her other boot!"