I had not really appreciated just how much laughter is generatered from my friends and family until this week.\u00a0\u00a0With my injury it is dreadfully painful to smile right now and I have also been scared to stress that area with a smile.\u00a0 Of course the smile is somewhat self limiting.\u00a0 You start to smile and the pain shoots through the roof.\u00a0 Bye-Bye Smile.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 So what I started doing is when someone says something funny and I start to smile, I grab the left side of my face and keep my muscles from pulling the corner of my mouth back.\u00a0\u00a0 This of course is somewhat funny looking to see, which wants to start another round of snickering with the peanut gallery.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 My Wife and I realized that laughter plays a significant part in our relationship.\u00a0 She has been getting a little bummed with my forced stoic demeanor as of late and I\u00a0have come to better appreciate the nature of our relationship as well.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I did not think I would gain a little knowledge about my marriage from the crash, but\u00a0yeah, I guess you always need to be ready to learn.\u00a0\u00a0 I can however think of less painful ways to learn stuff.\u00a0 Hopefully, it will be over soon.\u00a0 I amazed how quickly the face area heals, but the trend of the nerves\u00a0healing\u00a0quicker than the\u00a0wounds is truly a painful bummer.\u00a0I did get 9 of 19 stitches out today which is a start.\u00a0 (The other 10 are the internal kind that will disolve on thier own.)\u00a0<\/p>\n
I don’t exactly know where these ramblings are taking me,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I’ll leave things with this –\u00a0Take note and enjoy\u00a0the smiles and laughter around you.<\/p>\n