Child's Play

Are you feeling distant from your spouse - like you hardly know him or her any more? This game is guaranteed to get you sharing again!

At a garage sale or thrift store, pick up a child's board game, such as Chutes and Ladders, Candy Land or Sorry. Grab a marker and start filling in squares with disclosures like these:

• your favorite toy as a child
• a good deed you did
• a place you would love to visit
• something you saw today
• something you would create if you had limitless resources
• phrases that make you angry
• an inner fear
• a favorite restaurant
• a recent joke you heard
• your favorite song or book
• what you would tell the president if you met him

Make the list as long and personal as you can. Then play! Each player has to disclose what is asked for the square landed on. If someone lands on a square twice, he or she must tell something different the second time.