Tuesday, April 7, 2009

good medicine

Each night, before I lay my head on my pillow and drift off to dreamland, I try to give myself a few minutes of "me" time. This usually means checking my email, perusing the hometown paper, and catching up on the most recent writings of my favorite blogs.

A few nights ago, I found myself taking a walk down memory lane, as I read the continuously funny blog of my cousin's great, sometimes warped mind. It was not just her quick wit, and creative writing that took me back, but it was the picture she posted. I had to call her. I was so glad that at 10 o'clock, I did not wake her, but if I had, it definitely would have been worth it.

Together, we went back to our childhood, at times laughing so hard we could barely talk. I had to resort to using the sheet on my bed to dry the tears that cascaded down my cheeks, as we reminisced about the idiosyncracies of childhood, that inevitably follow us into adulthood. It felt so good to laugh so hard. After a long, tiring day-it was good medicine.


Laughter is an instant vacation. ~Milton Berle


2 comments:

  1. We would have laughed even hard had you woken me up because I wouldn't have made any sense for the first few minutes of the phone call. I should probably not answer the phone when I'm sleeping.

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  2. That 'hard' should be 'harder'. Maybe I'm sleeping while I type this....

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