My husband and I retired from the investment business in Manhattan and moved to Philadelphia 30 years ago.  We raised our family here, and built an active life.

As we aged, we wanted to have an activity that we enjoyed together.  Bridge fit that bill.  We both played a bit in college and only sporadically afterward, since work and then family monopolized our time.  We began to focus on playing together right before the Pandemic and then everything shut down.  We don’t play on-line, so we had to wait until in-person play began again, using bridge solitaire programs to keep our new skills fresh.  Once face-to-face began, we dove in playing 2-3 times per week.  Little by little our point count built.  I had played sanctioned games occasionally so I had a few more points than my husband, and have reached the NABC Master Level first.  My husband is not far behind.

We both love the game and the continuing challenge it provides.  We wake in the morning and sometimes say, “Good Morning! If I bid a Heart, and you bid a Spade…” Our next goal is Life Masters but at 74 and 85 years of age, we can only hope!