Oh my! We are a laugh riot. No kidding. Mom, Dad and I had already been letting the jokes and funny old stories fly. But once we picked Sarah up at the airport today in Phoenix things really got going. We went from smart alec comments to puns and plain old dumb humor. From there we moved to inside jokes and on to funny family stories--you know the "gotcha" kind only your family can use against you! Lol!
In our family, between the stories Dad tells of his childhood and Sarah's stories of when she worked in a nursing home after high school they can keep us laughing for quite some time. Let me give you a for instance from the latter:
This is just one thing that happened to Sarah--and it's not even one she brought up today. I remember it from the day it happened when she came home after work and told us. She had an older female patient whose hands were crippled by a stroke. The woman rang her buzzer for assistance and Sarah responded to see what she needed. The woman said "My nose itches. Will you scratch it?" Sarah said, "Sure" and proceeded to lightly scratch the woman's nose when all of the sudden the woman got a little annoyed and said, "NO, not there! Scratch it on the inside!!" Gah!!Ewwww!! Ick! Oh My!
I think we laughed more in the car today than we have in a long time. Plus, we really enjoyed being together. This is a trip we won't soon forget. It's got all the right elements - Love, laughter, people you care deeply about (family) and just enough pain to keep you present so you truly appreciate every moment of it. (Yes Dad, you can count your numb bum as part of that pain. Lol!) Love you! N. :)
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I pray that Sarah will be fine. You are such a good sister.
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