In keeping with the board game theme, Kristen & I played two games of Chess this afternoon. I can think of no other game that teaches so many basic life skills such as foresight, strategy, patience, peripheral vision, dealing with loss, managing employees (or in this case a small plastic kingdom) delaying gratification, grace under fire, etc., etc. Kristen has been playing for several years now & is gaining confidence & becoming more skilled & seasoned. That being said, I find I must guard against making everything under the sun an object lesson. After all, it's summer. A time to veg. A time to perfect the art of doing nothing. A time to simply hang with my first born in the middle of a carpeted floor with a squeaky ceiling fan on high directly above us while the a.c. pumps out whopping amounts of British Thermal Units per hour. These are the moments I'll wish I could relive when she's 12 hours away at a big University.
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