NO LAUGHING MATTER?

Hi Kathe,
I do agree with you that laughter demands a response. It's often contagious, too. Isn't it refreshing to hear giggles from children, or enjoy a funny joke, or hear laughter from a nearby table in a restaurant? The older I get, the more I try to look at the lighter side of things and laugh more often. It's obvious that you have a dandy sense of humor and can chuckle at yourself. That makes many of your stories and articles even more amusing!
Smiles across the miles,
Sandi in FL.

Couldn't agree more. I feel sorry for people who have little or no sense of humor. They miss so much in life.
Nancy

Dear Kathe:
I feel very sorry for those who cannot laugh at life's foibles. The very cornerstone of our Newfoundland culture is music and laughter. We need to laugh, and laugh a lot too. Living on a Rock perched in the North Atlantic is reason enough to have a terrific sense of humor and Newfoundlanders have that and more. We thrive on self-deprecating humor, we make jokes about the snowstorms, we crack up at each other's foolish comments and we tend to deal with illness through laughter and the craziness of human nature. We are known the world over for that particular brand of dry wit and surival gags.
Wherever you find a Newfoundlander, you will find music and laughter. To live without a good laugh every day must be a very mundane existence indeed. As a nurse I found that the people who always, ALWAYS, had a better recovery were the people who healed faster, had a positive outlook and could deal much better with the things life threw at them moreso than those who lacked that marvelous outlet.
I love your take on it and do not understand why any Medical site or magazine would not accept it. However, their loss I figure!
Well written, and I know full well that your sense of fun and laughter, shared with family and friends, have been one of the main ingredients in the recipe for you carrying on and moving forward as you have!!
You go girl! It's your life, laugh as much as you want and I know that an e-mail from you often knocks me off my chair!! Would never want that to stop!!
Love,
Bonnie J-Lowe
On THE ROCK WITHIN THE SEA, NEWFOUNDLAND!!

Dear Kathe,
I see the heat hasn't diminished your sense of humor - any more than the 2 to 3 feet of snow that you get ! If we can't laugh at ourselves and life, we're a sorry lot.
Love you ~ keep on going !
Toni W
Eastern Montana

There is an old saying, "laughter is the best medicine." Nothing could be more true. It is a known fact that those who are able to laugh are the ones who heal faster. I have always believed that the ability to laugh at ones self is a good sign of charachter. I believe that anyone who doesn't believe God has a sense of humor, doesn't know God.
Fred

Excellent, Kathe! After my disastrous marriage to a man who laughed at nothing, it became the top characteristic for boyfriends in the future--they had to have a great sense of humor! And it never failed me. Carol

Kathe - Your perspective on this one is absolutely correct. Thirty-five years ago I married my wife partly because of her sense of humor and the fact that she wholeheartedly appreciated mine.

Don Ralstin

Great story, Kathe! Laughter IS the best medicine - can you even imagine life without it?