Best 09: Day Twenty-Nine
Posted in people on December 29th, 2009 by emmajamesWhat was the best laugh you had in 2009? What was the biggest belly laugh of the year?
To be honest, this year wasn’t exactly chock full of belly laughs. But life has a funny way of reminding me that this journey is a full spectrum of experiences. Pain has an equal and opposite counterpart – joy. There is no Yin without the Yang. Laughter never strays too far from tears. And somehow, I’ve been lucky enough to have people in my life who make me laugh.
I belong to a book club. I’ve mentioned it before. The club consists of a phenomenal group of smart, witty, empathetic, conscientious, beautiful women. And every year, in December, we participate in a White Elephant gift exchange. For five years, now, we have tried to one-up each other by bringing the most ridiculous, outrageous, trite, horrific, embarrassing, and plain ole ugly-ass gifts to pawn off on each other.
This year, I laughed more in that one evening than perhaps the sum of moments in the entire rest of the year.
Thank you, ladies. I feel blessed to have girlfriends such as you.
Now, what made you snort with glee in 2009?
