Sometimes while you are carried away by burdens of the day and business becomes hectic some pleasant memories from the past cheer you up suddenly and you smile without any obvious reason .
I don't know if it happens to others as well but i often receive fair amount of bitter and sweet nostalgia while being busy in kitchen like it has some portal which transports my soul to the past smoothly.
Some days ago same happened to me while working on kitchen slab. I revisited a funny situation in the past when i lived with my parents and my aunt (sister of father) had come to visit us .The situation wasn't funny at all at first but a lively conversation between my mother and my aunt . There were few other family members as well including me and my younger sister. When elders were talking we the youngers would speak to each other sometime and sometime stop and listen to the chat of the elders. My father was reading the newspaper at the plain sight though he would add few sentences to the conversation once in a while .
My aunt had huge passion for being younger than other family women around . My mother was good at remembering the special dates and days of all kinds among the family so during conversation when it would come to point out age of my aunt ,it would become an entertaining issue for all around because it was actually serious matter for my aunt .
Now this time as well when mom had to mention the age of my aunt my aunt insisted that she is not that old and so on ...
Mom had to insist too because facts were pointing out the same .
My father felt irritated or amused and said , Sarwari (aunt's name) is not like others ,she stays with her words firmly always .( he meant that she always tells her age with same number and forgets that it's been many years she is repeating the statement) When he said that mom smiled and meanwhile she was trying to suppress her smile aunt don't notice it my aunt started to laugh ,we youngers stopped our giggles and looked at our aunt who was laughing and with time her laughter was becoming graver and louder ,my younger sister joined her and started laughing too ,i followed her gently .That encouraged my mom and she felt free to laugh as well .Within seconds everyone in the room was laughing except my father who had laughed at the first , though he kept smiling while trying to focus on the newspaper afterwards.
Such spontaneous and happy moments stay with you forever and peek into your heart once in a while .
I experienced such funny situations several times when i was growing up . One particular situation is unforgettable . I think i was thirteen and my sister around eight . I mentioned that back then when people of the village had nothing for entertainment so they were accustomed to visit each other after lunch or dinner. One day when mom , me and my sister were at one of our aunt's house and playing with our female cousins . During the game when all of us were laughing for some funny reason ,All other girls stopped laughing within moments including me except my younger sister would stop but start laughing again ,she repeated that few times but suddenly we felt that stop laughing wasn't in her hand anymore because she was laughing madly now, she was holding her tummy like it was hurting so much ,then she laid down in the shape of ring and her lips felt green and laughter seemed dimmed yet very strong . I felt something bad was happening so i shouted for help to mom. Mom and other aunts ran towards us and shake my sister ,mom threw some water drops on her face and shake her strongly once again .She was reading verses speedily. My sister stopped laughing finally but she wasn't looking same lively person some moments ago but a person who went through some trauma . That was dark experience of laughter for all of us . After that my sister would laugh carefully instead of being much into it .
Contagious laughter though sounds like a sweet friendly feeling among people ,an special connection between innocent hearts .
I remember many occasions when while being some wedding party or so people start chuckle or laugh automatically on the funny talk of others .
Even i saw it happening in parks or during travels .
I find it a humanly thing .What about you ?
I find it so humanly thing ,What about you ?
Family fun and laughter is a wonderful thing
ReplyDeletei totally agree dear Christine
DeleteLaughter is good for the soul. It is also proven to be good for the body. As the song says: I love to laugh loud and long and strong.
ReplyDeleteso true dear Emma i feel light after a good spontaneous laughter thanks to hubby mostly !
DeleteThanks for sharing your memories, Baili! We have a saying here that "laughter is the best medicine." And we laugh a lot, sometimes even when things are not funny. I believe that it's definitely better to laugh than to cry. I laugh at myself too, owning the real me, weaknesses and all. A good belly laugh can help me can reduce stress, depression, and even pain. It can turn around a difficult day. I love contagious laughter most of all. I'm sorry that your sister had a bad experience. Who knows what else may have been happening with her at the time. I've traveled the world a lot and seen people of all ages laughing. It is a universal human emotion and can override other negative emotions. I have lots of memories of laughing. Hugs to you, my friend! And much laughter!
ReplyDeletehow nicely said that it is better to laugh than cry dear Louise :)
Deletei admit that many times i laughed instead of crying if i was having rough times ,i think it was natural gift
i just like you and unlike my younger sister love to laugh on myself and i do it often :)
it is fact that laughter is therapeutic and we try to laugh once in a while if not often
hubby has habit to say something humorous which makes me smile or laugh suddenly sometimes
i wish i can be like that
love and hugs to you to friend!
Oh yes, contagious laughter is the BEST! When my sister and I get together, we can laugh outselves to death because our sense of humour is exactly the same!
ReplyDeletemy sister and me have totally different nature dear Debra but whenever she would visit me in past those were only days when i would laugh mostly around the day
Deleteshe is full of fun person
Laughter is a gift, but whatever happened with your sister sounds scary! Was she okay?
ReplyDeletewell said dear Sandi laughter is gift ,may we all bless with this one and may we all try to share it with others around
Deletemy sister seemed afraid right after recovering from scary and painful laughter
she had some health issue actually which made her extra sensitive with smoke and dust though she had no coughing problem ever
i don't know if this had to do with that day situation
I am sure that laughing incident was scary for both your sister and you.
ReplyDeletereally scary for me and my mother as well dear Kathy because at one point i felt we were going to loose my younger sister because her lips turned green and eyes wide and out her face showed how hard it was to keep laughing but it was impossible for her to stop for unknown reason sadly
Deletelater at home mom scold us for such carelessness my sister particularly
I look back with pleasure many things in my life. I have been fortunate to have good health and happy surroundings.
ReplyDeletei truly appreciate your optimism dear Red !
Deleteless people of today count their blessings unfortunately
gratefulness is precious gift which keep a soul and body happy and healthy from within
Kamala Harris has a contagious laughter.
ReplyDeleteHave a great week
your irony inspires me always lol
DeleteOh, I have a couple of co-workers that can laugh at anything..and it's always great to have them around..as you said it can be contagious. Thanks so much for your wonderful stories. Thank you for your comments too.
ReplyDeleteoh you are lucky dear Ellie :)
Deletei would love to work in such delightful environment
Oh it's a good medicine to laugh, Baili. I'm sorry to read that one lot of laughter was nearly a disaster, but glad it all ended well.
ReplyDeleteIt makes people feel happy if people laugh, I'm sure.
Take care.
thanks dear Margaret
Deletelaughter has power to change one's day totally and blissfully i have hubby around to make my day sometimes :) i think it's a gift to have such amazing skill that one can make others smile or laugh :)
O riso é contagiante e faz bem. Gostei muito do seu texto.
ReplyDeleteUma boa semana.
Um beijo.
thank you dear Grace :)
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for sharing your memories here.
ReplyDeleteThey do say "laughter is the best medicine" and it is good to laugh and smile.
Sending my good wishes.
All the best Jan
thanks dear Jan
Deletelove the laughter story. I have many episodes in my memory of laughing so hard I could hardly catch my breath. Thanks for bringing this subject up now I will go over some great memories = especially of my sister who she and I, would be talking on the phone at night, sometimes for three hours, and one of us would say something so funny the other one couldn't stop laughing. It was usually poking fun at each others' quirks. Hope all is well - I haven't been on blog world much these days. Always great reading you.
ReplyDeletethanks for the visit and sweet memories you shared here dear Sandy!
ReplyDeletethat reminded me days when we lived in our old house and had wire phone .my younger sister would call from America and would talk for one or two hours .sometime unstoppable laughter would take place and sometimes she will share her current affairs with tears which made me cry as well .
it was before her marriage actually .we split when she got forceful divorce from her husband and made her kids life upside down sadly .she called me one and a half year ago but now things aren't like before