Bridge Club of Madison County

A bridge is a structure which is built to allow

people to cross over obstacles or to provide a means of coming together, so what is a bridge club? Well in Jackson Tennessee, it’s a group of women who have been meeting on the third Thursday of every month for over twenty years and who for the past several have actually been playing the complicated card game of skill and chance by the same name.

If you don’t play bridge or card games, you can get together with friends for a book or gourmet club, or an herb or wine tasting society, Bible study or garden club. Find a set of friends with a common interest and meet at scheduled intervals. Small groups are more intimate and you’ll have a chance to really visit with one another. You can assemble in homes, restaurants or various locations. Nothing has to be fancy, it’s the time spent with one another that is most important.

My dear friend Sherry Thomson is a member of this bridge club and although her job as a nurse at a local surgery center prevents her attendance every month, she’s a vital part of this sisterhood and once a bridge player, always a bridge player. As is the case with most groups, especially in the South, refreshments of some type are served. They can be made from scratch, assembled from the local deli or bakery, or bought, plated and served. Remember it’s about friends coming together. (And yes that’s Belle, the yellow lab puppy, who doesn’t play cards, but loves spending time with her Becky and their friends.)