For Christmas this year, my sweet "mirror friend" Heather gave me the most perfect set of magnets that are SO ridiculously "ME." I couldn't HELP but post a picture of THIS particular one after one of my most favorite days with Jeff so far. Though I have always been a "glass-half full" person and find happiness in every situation, I used to have to really think for a while to pick out SPECIFIC days when I felt such amazingly PURE JOY (other than memories of my babies...which happen almost EVERY SINGLE DAY). Lately, it seems as if I have to think EQUALLY as hard to pick out specific days when I HAVE NOT feel such amazingly PURE JOY. I feel so richly blessed. The happiness in my life is beyond description....and so beautifully balances the great storms I am also blessed with. And yet, though EVERY single day is filled with happiness, every now and again, one really stands out.
This past Sunday was one of those days. What an amazing day of worship....and such ridiculously stimulating and uplifting conversation with my best friend. Jeff and I listened to a talk by Marion G. Romney that was given to a group of students titled, "Socialism vs. The United Order." We proceeded to discuss the talk for HOURS afterwards....which led to so many other topics of conversation. I can't even put into words what that level of intellectual stimulation does for me. I can almost feel my soul vibrate when we reach the level of synergy that we do each time we talk to each other. It is not even of this world. It is DIVINE.
While we enjoyed a bite to eat for lunch, we started talking about many of the movies that we have watched together and realized that we tend to watch movies that always encourage deep thought and inspire interpretation....and not many comedies. We both expressed that although we are drawn to that genre, that we both THOROUGHLY enjoy a good comedy as well....and even a good "brainless comedy" every now and again. :-D However, generally, we both love a good SMART comedy. That topic NATURALLY led us to quoting "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." Oh my heart. What happened after that for the next few hours was the most beautiful thing.....laughter so genuine and pure that it made my heart swell. We laughed so hard.....but not as hard as we both did when Jeff reminded us of the 'BRAVE BRAVE SIR ROBIN' scene from the movie. I had never really heard Jeff giggle uncontrollably until that moment. We both were a hot mess.....completely unable to maintain composure, even though our stomaches ached from laughing so hard. And that was just RECALLING the general gist of the scene from our own memories. Once we brought up the clip on YOUTUBE, it was all over. We laughed so hard and so long that we cried. Even tonight, days later, we both start laughing when either of us started singing..."Brave Sir Robin ran away, he bravely ran away away. When danger reared it's ugly head, he bravely turned his tail and fled. Brave Sir Robin bravely turned about...and gallantly he chickened out."
It was so amazing...and so pure....SUCH a miracle. Experiencing laughter that hearty and genuine after already feeling so amazingly fulfillled from such uplifting conversation with the man that I am so deeply in love with, has to be one of the MOST amazing feelings I have ever experienced in my life. Among so many other great blessings I have in my life, that is yet another GIFT Jeff has given me....the gift of laughter -- laughing so hard that I cry.
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