Stacy Nicholson

I was the cool table.

Anytime anybody new came into our group, I was introduced as, this is Stacy, the young one, or this is Stacy, she keeps us young.

These women weren't sitting with me because they had to or because there was no room at another table.

These women were sitting with me because they wanted to.

Somehow I had become the life of the party and I loved it.

We played bridge on Monday nights for 21 years.

My ticket to the cool table has been a Bridge tally.

But even more important than that, I've learned there's a third group of people out there.

Besides the people who think I'm weird and the people who know I'm weird, there are the people who know I'm weird and love my weird, and that has been the true gift of Bridge.

Thank you.