A Dictionary on the Table
Mom and I had played "Scrabble" on occasion, but I preferred playing "Upwords". We used to play several times a week. We had a dictionary on our kitchen table at all times - or that is how it felt anyway. Our dictionary eventually got torn up a bit, but it was nothing compared to the tiles of disappearing letters. They would scratch off and we attempted to go over each with a marker until finally we just broke down and purchased a brand new game Eventually those tiles wore out as well. After I married mom purchased another upward game with a more spacious board and smaller tiles. After she had gone into assisted living, I took the game to live in my household. ...