A couple of months ago, my family was at another couple's house for dinner. While my friend and I talking and sipped our beers, our husbands and children disappeared to the basement.
They emerged hours later, with bleary eyes and smiles across their faces. My daughter exclaimed, "Mom! We just played the best game! Dad says we're going to go buy it tomorrow!"
And, we did.
When I was a kid, my family would gather together and play Monopoly for hours, work on jigsaw puzzles, or go outside for a rousing game of kickball. We played cards, backgammon and checkers. We enjoyed these things because we enjoyed each other. We didn't play games in silence. We actually had conversations.
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