Sooooo simple this seems, so simple to erase the blues and trust that everything is working out for the right reasons...I spent half the day yesterday with my niece, she's 3.5. I was not in the best of spirits, lack of sleep, weather bringing me down, lack of something was the mood of my day...anyway, my niece likes to make up a lot of games with me. Some games have been developed a year ago that she still likes to play. For example, one game I am a monster telling her she needs to sit and eat her dinner, one game is where she speaks to some baby she has put in my stomach, the baby in my belly she calls Lola, one game where we run around the room and she says freeze and you have to stop until she says unfreeze, anyway, you get the picture. But, yesterday a new game was developed, she found my small laugh kind of funny, so she started telling me to laugh louder, ordering me when she wanted until the laugh became some sort of freaky cackle that I am hoping the neighbors didn't hear, but it was that loud where they could have...she was MAKING me laugh, and gosh darnit, it was fun! I mean, I was laughing and then all of a sudden something changed, and yes, it was a fake laugh, but it was really making me happy, and just making her happy, me laughing, was actually bringing so much happiness inside that I was like, geez, it isn't so hard to cheer yourself help! Just laugh, laugh at nothing, pretend to laugh, pretend to have some smile and a fake cheer in yourself, and it really made me happy.
So, I say just smile and don't cry on some of those days you don't feel like it. It worked for me, thank you ella for making me happy, for making me laugh even though I know this game will probably continue until she's 10 :), but she made me realize ACTING the part is half the answer for BEING the part. Kids...can't live with 'em, but you definitely can't live without 'em :)!!!!!!!!
~jenn
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