Paul: Anyone who knows us, knows that we’re not going to go down in history for our sense of spontaneity and silliness. We’re serious people. But some years ago good friends of ours encouraged us to take a break from the consistent seriousness and make time for play. They said playfulness in our marriage can help us keep some perspective when the trials of daily life get us down. Steph: This was an eye opener for us. Play? Really? I wondered how exactly were we supposed to become more playful? What would that look like? We decided to start by being more intentional about our playfulness. Here are some of the things we came up with. Paul: We began playing more board games as a family. While things can get competitive, more often than not we wind up laughing and teasing about the sculpture or drawing one of us made during a round of Cranium. In fact, our kids now buy us board games as gifts so we can play them when we are together. And we enjoy playing them when it