She who laughs...

This week's blog challenge:

• write about the last time you had a really good laugh. A belly laugh. A laugh that took your breath away. A laugh that starved you of oxygen and gave you a headache. A laugh where you tossed your head back and really let 'er rip.If you can't recall a time when you've laughed that hard, then figure out WHY NOT, and write about that.Laughter.It's good for the soul.If only it burned more calories

At first I thought, hmmm...when did I laugh last? I snicker, giggle and smile more often than belly laugh. And when I do go for the belly laugh, well chances are alcohol was involved. My hubby and Thing Two are the Laugh out Loud laughers. Thing One is the social laugher. Half the time he has not a clue as to why everyone is laughing but he's right alongside them all, laughing it up.

Yet sadly, every little laugh I've enjoyed these past couple days just doesn't make it to the written word as well as being there. There were the jokes about my friend's teenaged daughters and their beaus (making up knicknames for their boyfriends based on their personality quirks). There were the jokes shared between Husband and Wife that probably don't need to be broadcasted on the world wide web. There were the snickers as the kids in the cul de sac performed a little play for us grownups this evening.

Without a doubt, there is always something worth laughing about. I even noticed the neighbors outside Sunday evening, sitting around their table, laughing. Seeing them return home in the funeral limos, it looked like laughter was the last thing on their minds. But as with everything in life, once you take time to laugh, you know that happier days have got to be ahead.