Nathan Exposed: the naked truth about my gay life

I enjoy it when I find a simple life lesson hidden in a common place, so please indulge me as I start to sound like Mike Brady from The Brady Bunch.

This past weekend, one of our nephews and his girlfriend visited us to celebrate Rodney’s upcoming birthday. We had the spontaneous idea to play the card game Uno… and I love spontaneous card games, by the way.

We decided to play to 500 points, so we did, and I lost each time. I’m not very good at card games, and I had a lot of questions because it had been awhile since I played this particular game.

Rodney did end up in the lead. He always wins games, just so you know. He’s a good sport too. He never brags or takes it too seriously. I think it takes the fun out of things when people go overboard, so it’s nice that both Rodney and I are casual. He doesn’t get too wrapped up in winning, and I don’t get too wrapped up in losing.

So yes, Rodney was ahead, followed by our nephew and his girlfriend, and then I was in last place.

But as it turned out, my luck took a sudden twist, and I won 5 games simultaneously, coming in at 1st place. It’s worth noting that I never win games… in fact, I can’t remember a time in my life, even as a child, when I won a card game or even board game.

So the moral of this little story was that it does not matter how far behind you feel, you can always come out ahead, even when the odds are against you. I think we just have to keep playing with the cards that we are dealt, because change might be just around the corner.

This lesson extends far beyond Uno, and pours over into the game of life too. :)

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Mon, Jan 28, 2008 @ 10:47 pm | Filed in Abundance | Permalink 2 Comments

    Thanks, Mike. And, yes, it sounded just like it would coming from him.

    Posted by Lewis on Tue, Jan 29, 2008 @ 6:51 pm

      Did you really win 5 game simultaneously? How were the four of you doing that? As an Uno fan, I would like to hear how you play…. Or did you mean 5 games consecutively?

      Posted by dc on Sat, Feb 2, 2008 @ 10:25 pm

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