The"Raker" in Raker City... It is sweet that you have your kids. IF YOU COUNTED your blessings, you have a family. While I who helped my family so heavily can't get them to come and cook for me. As i READ YOUR LETTER, I remembered the best games I ever played were NOT board games that is only in the USA in other countries children use their imagination. Imagination helps them get smarter. I remember this teacher, who asked every one of her students to make up a story in their mind and come up to the class to illustrate it, act it out, and then answer any questions. I was the only one in a space ship with a 3-D beam of light that signaled each direction and buttom. So we see that now in the movies. I can't tell you how the rest of the class looked at me, but I was happy. You can play sherades, call the word, call the phrase, dress like someone famous and try to guess who it is. I would encourage you to get involve, but do not let them spend hours watching TV that limits their cognitive development and makes them DUMB. The children don't need board games they NEED you. Set up a Lemonade stand and sit with them DO NOT LEAVE THEM ALONE even if you're phone rings, SELL cookies with the lemonade. Good Luck, I feel weak, and like you even though God has blessed me greatly, sometimes I feel he has forgotten me. That is impossible I know, but the trials we have to pass through determine if we will sink to sin or rise to praise our Lord, and saviour.