I went to a FUN baby shower yesterday. What I enjoyed most was the laughter and banter of 5 or 6 people who work or have worked in the same office for a long time. Several of them planned the shower for the daughter of a co-worker. They know each other very well, and can take the inevitable teasing that comes from experience together. There was a lot of joking and funny stories. One other "outsider" said as she left, "I've never been to a baby shower that was so noisy!" I loved it!
I wasn't sure I should attend the shower. I hadn't been well physically, and had lots of things to catch up on (laundry, etc.) I felt like it was a ministry opportunity...which it was, but there was something MORE.
As I drove home, I realized what I had been needing most recently that I received at the shower: LAUGHTER. It wasn't bitter laughter, put-down laughter, laughter at anyone's expense. It was laughter from pure hilarious life lived in proximity. I honestly felt better physically and emotionally!
It made me want to work in that office, or at least be a fly on the wall!
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