This was posted on August 14th, 2009 and posted on a different blog that i don't have access to so i re-posted it here for consistency's sake...
my new goal in life is to be more balanced. not a little bit more balanced, but BALANCED. i am so terribly bad at it. i am starting to see signs of being older and i have realized that i have never been good at taking care of myself. i am way too serious about everything and i tend to forget about my own needs. i realize that i unfortunately don't laugh enough. even though i am happy, love my life, and have a pretty funny husband, i am still always pushing to be better and tend to not take time to just relax and laugh. i know that in the end this kind of behavior will break me, and so i have made it an intention to laugh more everyday.
this week i laughed harder than i have in a long time. zachary and I were visiting with our best buds the pickrel's and my new God son david allen on tuesday. catherine was holding David on her chest and we were all laughing at something and david's head would not stop bouncing around. he looked just like a bobble head, which in turn made us laugh even more. it made me feel like we were a bunch of kids just playing with a baby. laughing made me feel so young.
it was a great first memory to have with david on his first day in this world, and i hope that it is a precursor of a life filled with laughter. i love you little david, and i will pray this for you always.
laughing is not just for kids though. i see that it is what is lacking most in adults.
He will fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy. Job 8:21
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