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Enjoy your time with us when you can I hope it helps!!
You are cordially invited to play in our HitSquad THS Donk-A-Fun on sunday &.15pm £5BH, AS ARE ALL CONTRIBUTORS To This THREAD!!!! password is 'truehitters', and it is secret, lol !!
I hope You can all play & enjoy!! I also hope some more of The Squaddies & others read this thread to help with their Life/Poker perspective!!
Poker IS Full of Drama Queens, So is Life, A few tackle their problems & issues with Dignity & Honour!
GL ALL!!
I wish You Strength & Stabilty!
Emma, my partner, had a daughter (Lily) not long before meeting me. She had a very troubled pregnancy and birth, with lots of details I won't go into but when she was born Emma was told there was only a 50% chance Lily would live.
She did make it through, and has had many hurdles to overcome along the way. She is still a late-developer in many regards. She has hyper flexible joints and very low muscle tone which meant she was not able to stand un-aided until she was over 3 years old, she can now walk but only with the aid of ankle splints which she will have for the forseeable future. Her speech has always been behind but she is slowly getting there.
Since about the age of 6 months, she has had regularly speech therapy, physiotherapy, hospital assessments. In her latest assessment, they discovered a heart murmur which they believe to be a fault in the valve in the left side of her heart which could increase her risk of heart infections and heart failure, we do have an appointment for a scan where they will be able to make a more accurate diagnosis.
One concern we had was whether she would go to 'mainstream' school or not, but we have recently been told she does have a place in our local school and will be starting in September. They are in the process of trying to obtain funding as she has always had one-to-one care during pre-school and would really require it in the early stages of school.
So there's our story.
I don’t often contribute to threads on here but it has been refreshing and heart-warming to read this one and I wanted to contribute.
I think that what we often see here and on the Forum FB site reflects the diverse and sometimes extreme aspects of human nature that we see in the world outside of poker.
I have worked with children all my career, including many with special needs and some who are considered to be profoundly disabled. What I have come to realise is that everyone has something special to offer. I visited a young man recently who is deaf and blind with profound physical disabilities too – he has a smile that makes everyone who sees it smile and feel happy. When you see him you truly know what the term “lights up the room” means. So, which is the more valuable – that amazing smile or winning the main event? Also, the people that work with some of these children are often the lowest paid and yet inspiring, generous, committed and full of smiles themselves.
What I have realised with poker, as in life, is that how we play it depends on our nature. I regularly see on other threads and on FB those (although few) who appear to want to upset, outdo or try to be more clever than everyone else. I feel for them as they are likely to be quite unhappy people. What I also regularly see is those (many) who want to help, make people smile and be part of a community. I like poker and I also like people! There’s nothing better than laughter (it’s that funny noise you make at the back of your throat when you’re happy!).
Humans can give pleasure to other humans or do the opposite. It’s not a difficult choice really, is it?
Danny
Hi Paul
Thanks for the post and putting some perspective to life in general. The important stuff and the noise that we sometimes think is important. Good luck to you and yours and I hope things turn out well. Kids have an amazing way of surprising you and however things develope with your son you are going to feel like the luckiest dad in the world as you see him grow.
This thread just gets better & better.
Note that everyone on it, despite everything, seems bright & optimistic, in the face, quite often, of severe adversity.
I really struggle to comprehend folks who struggle to accept bad beats in poker, it's not helpful to them to be so negative, & it does not help their game one bit. I SO want to help them understand, & get things in perspective. It is simply not possible to have enough money to play poker, then say "I am unlucky".
"In life, as in poker" was never more true. Poker shows our true character.
Much respect to every single person who has posted.
Not sure how this will come out but here goes. I also have Aspegers Syndrome. It's a part of me and always will be. I know my strengths and my weaknesses. Numbers strength, words weakness. I started playing poker again about a year ago after my last girlfriend died suddenly. It hit me hard as my first wife died 10 years ago. If it wasn't for my 2 amazing girls and poker I don't know if I would have survived in one piece mentally or physicaly. I'm now having to cut right down on the poker due to my physical health starting to go down again, SPT Blackpool will mark me going one day a week. If you see me around then come and say hi and I can bore you all about it lol.
The point of this ramble? Not too sure, just ignore the ignorant people who couldn't cope with being in your shoes and enjoy life. If someone does give you a beat in poker, just smile. You know you will be giving them a bigger one sooner or later.
Take care all and run well
You just never think about it when your lashing out. I for one apologise to anyone i have had a go at in the past. Will definately make me reconsider in future.
Hope all works out as best it can for everyone who has posted they're stories in here!
Run Good!
-Smarr7-
When you come up against adversity (bad beats) some people moan and cry abuot it, and some people just get on with it, accept it's a part of the game/life and move on.
Moaning about bad beats will never stop them happening
I think it's really sad you've come along and put a sour note on such a positive thread.
Let us know how it goes, please.
Good luck to our amazing wee boys
Good to hear Paul!
I haven't got any stories but wanted to wish you and the weeman all the best. I absolutely love your thread. It gets boring and in fact annoying hearing the standard moaning post...I got it in with xx and was called by yy followed by a massive rant and moan. I always think if that is all you have to worry about then life for you must be pretty good! There had been quite a few threads that were getting a bit heated and your thread seems to have made some people think a bit more about what they say/do.
Good luck on the tables.
Matt
glad its going well Paul, you & weeman keep up the good work!!
[ps won the monthly DTD players challenge last nite, more proof of positive karma meybe??]
Run golden & Be Happy ALL who have posted!!
PolyAnna FTW!!!
13 months ago. I was walking home with my sons from school when
suddenly a speeding bus came from the school and hit my little man Alfie(see picture).
Because of what happened, he died from his injuries soon afterwards.
Although their are parents who have posted about their disabled children,
my only wish right now is to have just have 1 more cuddle with my little man.
Because of what happened to my son, i have been
subsequently been diagnosed from severe depression and PTSD(Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)
and much as the same as IDONKCALLU i do have bad days/desperate days but recently i have found badbeats
from poker means nothing and that although sometimes there are large volumes of money involved.
It doesnt effect me because Life is more important than money but unfortunately most people who
have never been seriously affected still do struggle to understand.
My only wish is for everybody to be happy in life and more importantly have fun at the table
Shuffle Up and Deal
Nigel