Another quirky, hopefully fun and interesting, assortment of what we have been thinking about and smiling about this week . . .

 By the way, has this happened to you? When my children and I played Monopoly when they were little, I would deliberately let opportunities pass by so that one of them would win. As they got older, it became an open secret and then annoying to them: what kind of victory is it when your mother kinda cheats to let you win?! So I stopped doing it, which was an adjustment for them. Oh. She can use strategy and win. She’s not always a softie after all. I think they would agree that playing Monopoly is more interesting now: more honest, more challenging and more fun. – Maria