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Shared Wisdom: Laughter

By Margo, on July 21st, 2009%

 

If you laugh a lot, when you get older your wrinkles will be in all the right places.   (Andrew Mason)

The best laughter, the laughter that can heal, the laughter that has the truest ring, is the laughter that flowers out of a love for life and its Giver.   (Maxine Hancock)

One loses so many laughs by not laughing at oneself.   (Sara Jeannette Duncan)

There is an intimate laughter to be found only among friends.  (Maya Angelou)

Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.   (William Makepeace Thackeray)

Laughing at ourselves as . . . → Read More: Shared Wisdom: Laughter

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Dolphins: Return to Rimini

By Margo, on July 20th, 2009%

 

I returned to Rimini and “my dolphin” in 1991.  I don’t think I mentioned in the first story that after the dolphin show we stayed and talked with the trainers.  We found out that the big dolphin who I had my mystical experience with was called Speedy.

As soon as we arrived we descended to the underground gallery that surrounded the pool.  Through enormous picture windows we could see the dolphins as they circled and swam around.  From this vantage point the muscular strength and the grace of these mammals is very evident.  I suppose it could be likened . . . → Read More: Dolphins: Return to Rimini

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Musings: Parenthood; Life; Death; Faith

By Margo, on July 17th, 2009%

 

Too many topics for one writing you say.  Today my friends are faced with the heart-breaking decision of “pulling the plug” on their beautiful 11-year old daughter, Sophia.  A week ago she was alive with a life full of promises.  Today she lies brain dead in a hospital bed and the so-called “magical three days”, when one waits for an inexplicable miracle, are drawing to a close.

I too have a daughter.  She was once 11 years old, and that 11-year old is still alive inside of her.  So I find myself inexorably drawn to thinking: what if it . . . → Read More: Musings: Parenthood; Life; Death; Faith

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