Fun is important. Laughing is important. I’ve found an awareness of this in my life over the last 10 years or so. When I start getting, down, miserable, cranky, out of sorts, I realize I’m not having any fun. And I seem to be one of those people who just needs some fun in my life.
I have one friend who I spend quite a bit of time with. She’s fun. I’m fun. One time we were sitting in a restaurant and one of us said something that got us both going in hysterical laugher. To the point the whole restaurant was aware of our howling laughter, and we had to leave. BTW we are both stone cold sober, in case you read restaurant as bar. not!
I value that freindship for that reason. I can be myself, she can be herself, and together we laugh a lot.
I have another friend and I called her once and ask if she could go out for a quick breakfast before work. So I picked her up, just for a quick breakfast, and we got home at dinner time. In fact later than dinner time. We look back often and laugh about that day, we just seemed to go from one thing to the next all day long, all of which seemed so important. So fun in retrospect counts to.
In terms of long term enjoyment. I’ve been meeting my sisters at the market for 30 years. the antqiue market, we love to go. And sometimes it feels sad now because one of us is missing, but I have many happy memories of meeting at the market with my sisters. We also have a restaurant in Yorkville we”ve been meeting at for 30 years. building memories, looking back, remembering when.
On my 55 th birthday, two of my sisters were in town. I went and picked them up, and we spent the day together, shopping, browsing, all along College Street here in Toronto. It was magical, the three of us, and we regretted that our 4th sister wasn’t with us. My sister was just home from China then, she’d lived in China for 15 years and it was a great day for us, getting to know each other again. We came across a Chinese market and went in and bought straw hats for the three of us. I’m so grateful I had that wonderful spring day of sunshine, and laughing and giggling with my sisters.
I loved it when I was inline skating with a group. That had to be the most fun entire summer. A whole new world of pathways across our city, and getting around long distance by inline skating. It was great. I don’t skate with the club anymore but I still love skating in my neighborhood.
One of the most unexpected afternoons of FUN was this Christmas season when I went to see It’s Complicated. Totally an afternoon of laugher, I so enjoyed that.
I’m looking forward to seeing my friend today. We often spend time together on Sundays, usually lunch, and where ever the day takes us. but we always seem to laugh a lot together.
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Hi Catharine,
Laughter really is the best medicine. I too am a laugher. To the annoyance of some. Usually those who take themselves too seriously. I think there is humor is everything. You can lighten a room full of people sometimes.
You are very fortunate to have a friend you can hang with and be yourself.
That is one of the things missing on this forum, hearing the laughter. I can see it.
Have fun with your friend today and LAUGH, LAUGH, LAUGH!
Good morning Moongoddess: I remember my sister saying to me once, a long time ago, that she envy’s my deep laughing. I hadn’t thought of that in a long time. I guess writing about it made me remember.
The last three years I have enjoyed more because I emigrated to Canada to be with my truest friend. We spend at least two days a month together during the winter months (it’s Canada you know!) and more in the summer - although we were apart physically for over two decades – with the occasional holidays back and forth – our friendship is stronger and deeper now. It is the knowledge and acceptance of each other that makes us so close and laughter is a big part of our time together.