Laughter

I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me to be the most civilized music in the world.
Peter Ustinov (1921 - 2004)

The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)

Me and my family are home and adjusting to the realities of everyday life. The one thing that I miss the most is the laughter. You see I had this insane idea that I could not miss any minute of my time in Utah. Sleep seemed to be a waste of precious family time if anyone else was awake. So I never once went to bed before midnight often staying up until 2 in the morning and I was typically up around seven and never napping. Which is a huge deal for a girl who usually needs 10 hours of sleep a night to function the next day. But the evenings were the best time. We all would put our children down for bed at around seven or seven-thirty, and then the time was ours. It was typically JoDee, Mandi, Regina, Cyndee, Cassi, and I. I'm obsessed with playing card games and pretty much any other game as well, so we would stay up playing games for hours and hours, usually eating a lot as well. None of us are really late night people, so the effect of exhaustion usually brought out the sillier side in us. So we spent a lot of time giggling and laughing. I miss it a lot. You really don't get into the hard core laughter when you're running around with everyday life, it's typically just my sisters that can have me hysterically laughing, and I really miss that. When I think about the New Year and things that I would like to change, I think I would like to stop being so stressed and serious, and start laughing more. I'm a really silly, goofy person at heart and I'm happiest when I'm laughing. So I've decided to try to do that more, even if that's laughing at the insanely messy bedroom that my children occupy or a cup of spilled milk. I think that laughter lightens the soul, prolongs life and makes those around you happier. Everyone should try to laugh more and have fun with life.

Here are some more quotes I really liked as well. Enjoy, and don't forget to laugh.

You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing.

Michael Pritchard

Those who can laugh without cause have either found the true meaning of happiness or have gone stark raving mad.

Norm Papeernick

We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh.

Agnes Repplier (1855-1950)

We are all here for a spell; get all the good laughs you can.

Will Rogers (1879-1935)

Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.

Lord Byron (1788-1824)

We are able to laugh when we achieve detachment, if only for a moment.

May Sarton