March 15: Laughter Is the Best Medicine

Last night, I was putting my daughter Haidyn to bed, and we got the giggles. I mean, we laughed till we cried. Again and again. It had been a while since this had happened. And, sh!, don't tell Paisley, but it never happens when she is with us. Anyway, I found it to be inspirational for me to tell you about my many laughs.

When I taught, I did the Top 10 Things You Need to Know about Mrs. Sears on the first day for years. One of those facts is that I have 5 different laughs. After last night, there may be more, so we shall see.

1) Silent laugh--when I was in high school, I would laugh silently. My head would shake, and tears would roll down my face. I never got in trouble because I was making no noise.

2) Peacock--this was named by my husband who said that when I silent laugh and then breathe, it sounds like a peacock.

3) Machine gun--my homeroom student named this one. It is a sound like a snort, but it comes out of my mouth, so I spit. I cannot duplicate it unless I am laughing.

4) Cackle laugh-- it is my loud laugh.

5) Back laugh-- I make 2 different sounds when laughing while lying down, one sounds like Donald Duck and one that Haidyn calls the giggle laugh, where I just cannot stop laughing.

I am sure there are others, as I also snort, and just giggle politely, but those are all my main laughs. I hope you can sometime hear them all!