Made From the Same Flavor of Crazy!!

Our family, for as long as I can remember, has always used humor as a personal pressure valve.  When things get tough, we always find something to laugh about.. not necessarily the situation itself, but something going on around us, or remembering something funny from the past.  It's our way of releasing a little steam over the situation at hand, and then readdressing the problem and figuring out the solution.  I like to refer to it as "our own special flavor of crazy"!  :)

It's odd how, going through life, we are drawn to people sometimes... people that we meet at work or at church or in casual situations.  It's sometimes like we've always known them... a kindred spirit of sorts.  The kind of people I seem to be drawn to seem to be in this same "flavor of crazy", with their wit and humor that pervades every conversation.  We always find something to laugh about, joke around about, or funny things to share with each other... creating a flow of happiness and laughter between us.  As the saying goes, "Life is too short to be taken seriously."

When someone new enters our "inner circle" of family and friends, it's always somewhat of a culture shock to them.... people marrying into the family, for example.  We're not your typical lot of folks.  Love and laughter (at ourselves and at each other) is the current that runs in, out, among, and between every word of every conversation.  Some people are rather taken aback by all this, and don't quite know what to do with it, much less how to act among it.  It takes some getting used to, that much I know... but eventually they become comfortable enough with themselves and others around them to where they join right in...  and are, in the end, our "flavor of crazy" right along with us.  

It's like this, really..... Life is serious stuff.  Every day we have to make hard decisions, worry about important things, and deal with hard-to-solve problems.  When we get together, be it two or twenty of us, we like to balance out all those troublesome things with lighthearted humor.  Some would say it's living in denial, but nothing could be further from the truth.  Balance is one of the most important things in Life.  Balancing the good with the bad is critical to a healthy outlook on Life.  Our humor, poking fun, and generally cutting up to make the other person laugh is that balance.  Life gives us plenty of serious and troublesome stuff all by itself.  It's family and friends that give us that which balances all that out.  

So if you're having a bad day.... if things aren't quite going just as you'd like them to for some reason... if you're worried and troubled about some one or some thing... stop by and join in our "Circle of Crazy".  We're likely to poke fun at ourselves, offer you some sort of sweet snack and something to drink, and sit around telling tall tales that no one is likely to believe, but which are apt to make you at least giggle a time or two.  Yea, your troubles will still be there, problems that need solving, but somehow it won't be as big a burden... sometimes it even helps you to see the way through easier.  When you leave, you'll realize that you were probably worrying far too much about whatever it was that was on your mind.... that Life is always serious, just different kinds at different times.... that we all try our hardest, but none of us always get it right all the time.... and that sometimes, just sometimes, it's alright to be "our flavor of crazy", even for just a little while.