We had an unexpected evening together as a family tonight. Between all of our different schedules, having one is a sporadic and somewhat sporadic happening. But, tonight, we had one. I have not been feeling well, and so canceled an appointment in favor of loading up on cold medication and not leaving the house. Spouse thought he had a class, but the class he thought he had doesn’t start for another couple of months. And so we had some time together as a family. We could have popped in a movie and vegged out together (and I’m not going to lie…we have done that, will do that again, and have no shame about it), but tonight, we decided that we needed to play a game together. The game? Sorry!

And, let me tell you something: there is something precious and priceless about the time that we spent around that table. There were shrieks of laughter and shouts of joy. There were plenty of “oh man!”s, as pawns were bumped and giggles when pawns were swapped or sent back to “start”. And there were high fives and “good game”s shared every time a pawn made it “home”.

They may have a lot of toys and gadgets, but the most important things we can give them is our time , our attention and our love. And for the ability and the privilege of having that to share, I am eternally thankful. #masters2020 #mundaneholy #familygamenight