I’ve had a hard several days in a row,  just the generic difficulties that sometimes comprise life. In their midst I find myself grateful for two members of my team who sit with me and talk through things at length, repeatedly, from different perspectives, over and over again, until we’ve got it worked out. Thanks Nola and Jay. What wonderful friends you are. I love you!

And then, there is laughter. One of my friends from Texas sent me a somewhat sarcastic email today and it made me laugh. I noticed the laugh. And, I enjoyed it.  And then when I got home from work as I pulled through the gate I looked up the hill into pasture #5 and there staring at me…nothing but legs and ears was a new baby llama. And I laughed. And it felt good. If you’ve ever seen a new baby llama with a neck as long as its legs, and erect ears sticking straight up, wide-eyed with that “what’s that?” look, and a gait that indicates it doesn’t really know what to do with those long legs then you know why I laughed. It’s the goofiest, gangliest thing. It was fun to see, and it was fun to laugh.

Proverbs 17:32 says “A merry heart does good like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.” It made all the difference for me today.

May you be blessed with laughter.