Our home is filled with a lot of laughs these days. The boys have all kinds of laughs, but I think the cutest is the laugh I hear when they are laughing at one another. But there are mischevious laughs, surprised laughs, belly laughs, laughing so hard the laugh is silent laugh and I just love them all. Even better, the boys have totally different laughs so from another room you can hear each distinctive personality. Probably two of my favorite things, laughter and sunshine!! Both are good for the soul. A laugh with our spouse or our best friends, dont they just feel good?
This reminds of a very special moment in my life. My grandmother suffered from Alzeimers before her passing. The last time I saw her was at Thanksgiving nearly 10 years ago. We were sitting on a couch side by side. I dont remember what it was, but I burst out in laughter. A good, loud, eyes tearing kinda laugh. My grandmother touched my arm and said, "your laughter reminds me of someone." I said, "who is that?" She responded in a sweet, child-like voice, "my granddaughter Courtney." An ugly disease had stollen her ability to remember my face, but in that moment she remembered my soul. And well, that just meant the world.
What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
Mommy and Daddy
a.k.a Courtney & Aaron
Paxton
a.k.a Pax or Pac
Kellen
a.k.a Kel or Kel-bug
Henslee
a.k.a. Rotten or baby sister
Simon
a.k.a "Where's that dog? I'm going to kill him!!!"
About Me
- Two Little Bugs and a Bichon
- I am 30-something who was defined by a career and professional acheivements. At 28 my hubby and I were told we had less than a 1% chance of conceiving children naturally. Life changed, I changed, and IVF brought us two miracles named Paxton and Kellen. We have now welcomed our less than 1% chance miracle, and her name is Henslee. The career is on the back burner as I am now a stay at home mom, loving every single precious, fast moment. This blog is intended for them one day, perhaps along the way everyone else can go goo-goo over their sweet faces!
2 comments:
This post brought tears to my eyes. My Great Aunt (whom I love to death) also has the disease. She is still alive but has no idea who I am. Just amazing what a laugh can do to your soul. I love laughter.
This makes me want to cry! So sweet :)We are really close with Brandon's grandparents and his grandaddy has it too. It is so hard to witness but so sweet when they DO remember things :)
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