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Date Posted: Fri, December 24 2021, 7:00:56
Author: The Late Betsy BFS
Subject: QOTD for Friday, 12/24/21

Sorry about being late. Family says they trump QOTD and dragged me to my SIL's for Game Night. And it was actually fun. There have been other times, it has not been so. But last night held a lot of laughter, a lot of snackish food, and we even poked fun at our opposite political leanings. Really, they're not leanings. They're fully entrenched, clinging to the wall-paper views. Political conversation is banned, per me, for the sake of family survival. Last night, though, we made silly answers that poked fun of each other, and it was okay. Because we laughed.

One of my mottos is Laughter is the best medicine. I have found that for me, (and my family because I ..... well, I guess I practiced it and wouldn't waver, even when they were all teenagers at once. Hard to do, but possible.) Fresh air, sunlight, good water, and laughter. Sometimes laughter is No. 1 on the list. It heals many gashes for me.

May we all have the ability to laugh, when we can, and decide to appreciate the humor all around us. It's sometimes a long time before I can get to the laughter stage, but if I share my ridiculous situation and poke fun at myself and my foibles, which are bountiful, my heartache and shame lessen.

Thank you All for allowing me to share some of my life here. It's, for me, totally therapeutic. You are All healers for me. Just like Claire, without the burning at the stake thing.

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The following quote is taken from 'Voyager,' by Diana Gabaldon. Copyright © 1994, by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.


When I was small, I never wanted to step in puddles. Not because of any fear of drowned worms or wet stockings; I was by and large a grubby child, with a blissful disregard for filth of any kind.

It was because I couldn't bring myself to believe that that perfect smooth expanse was no more than a thin film of water over solid earth. I believed it was an opening to some fathomless space. Sometimes, seeing the tiny ripples caused by my approached, I thought the puddle impossibly deep, a bottomless sea in which the lazy coil of tentacle and gleam of scale lay hidden, with the threat of huge bodies and sharp teeth adrift and silent in the far-down depths.

And then, looking down into reflection, I would see my own round face and frizzled hair against a featureless blue sweep, and think again that the puddle was an entrance to another sky. If I stepped in there, I would drop at once , and keep on falling, on and on, into blue space.

The only time I would dare to walk through a puddle was at twilight, when the evening stars came out. If I looked in the water and saw one pinprick there, I could splash through unafraid -- for if I should fall into the puddle and on into space, I could grab hold of the star as I passed, and be safe.

Even now, when I see a puddle in my path, my mind half-halts-- though my feet do not-- then hurries on, with only the echo of the thought left behind.

What if, this time, you fall?

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[> Do I ever agree about laughter and I haven’t had enough lately. If you can easily political joke with each other these days I am SO impressed. The true magic of the season is upon you and may it continue! I never get tired of reading or thinking about the prologues. Thanks for taking QOTD at such a busy time and sharing your daily joys and #£/$¥s with us! -- Kathy in PA, Fri, December 24 2021, 11:14:13

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[> That's a great quote Betsy. I love your post about your family night too. You make a lot of sense to me. -- Gwen, Sun, December 26 2021, 5:21:10

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