{"id":822,"date":"2012-07-12T20:00:47","date_gmt":"2012-07-13T00:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/?p=822"},"modified":"2012-07-12T20:00:47","modified_gmt":"2012-07-13T00:00:47","slug":"blessed-are-the-funny-women-in-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/2012\/07\/12\/blessed-are-the-funny-women-in-my-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Blessed Are the Funny Women in my Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I\u2019ve known Marcy for 49 years, sorry Marcy I know that irks the shit out of you when I put it in print, and today is her birthday.\u00a0 We call each other for our birthdays and say the same thing each time. Boy are you old.\u00a0 And then it goes on from there.\u00a0 We catch up, we laugh, we laugh, we laugh, we laugh, just before we cry we say I love you and hang up.<\/p>\n

She is one of those witty, sarcastic, comediennes that light up my life and she\u2019s been doing it for years. My guess is she will continue to do for many more years. \u00a0\u00a0The quips and quotes just roll off her tongue and hit exactly in that part of my brain that triggers laughter and serotonin induced insurance that laughter is indeed the best medicine.<\/p>\n

I have other friends like that.\u00a0 They haven\u2019t been in my life for quite as long, as a matter of fact one is very new to my world, but just the same they have that same gift.\u00a0 The gift of comedic timing, catchy phrasing and double meaning that plummets you into fits of laughter.<\/p>\n

My friend Willa fits the bill perfectly.\u00a0 She is loud and brash and to-the- point- spin- you- around and catch you when you\u2019re about to fall down from the hilarity of her words.\u00a0 I love this girl.\u00a0 I talk to her on occasion, usually when I need something because she is a genius in the world of accounting behind the scenes and I, frankly, am NOT.\u00a0 I make no bones about it and for some reason she has taken pity on me and saves my ass regularly. \u00a0Aside from that she has a heart of gold, which she will deny, she has strength and a certain stature that can only come from circumstances well lived or should I say well survived.<\/p>\n

And then there is Marianne, story teller extraordinaire.\u00a0 Famous for having to be talked off the cliff before she says what absolutely NEEDS to be said but would cost her some skin.\u00a0 Thankfully, I am the one she tends to call for such talk downs and I couldn\u2019t be more obliging because it is hysterical.\u00a0 God love her she can rant to\u00a0beat the band.<\/p>\n

I will forever be grateful for her tale of youth told at a most critical moment of my life.\u00a0 My friend Cookie was very sick and she told the best \u201cstink eye\u201d story I have ever heard, or will ever hear for that matter.\u00a0 Details remain sealed because I\u2019m not sure if the statute of limitations has run out but suffice to say she brought me to my knees with that one.\u00a0 I have continued to pull it out and read it whenever I need to shake off the bullshit around me and it never fails to lighten my load and bring me to my knees with laughter again and again. \u00a0Hopefully she will allow me to publish it one day.<\/p>\n

The gift of laughter is precious and imperative for a good life.\u00a0 I am glad to have these women and their amazing gifts in my life.\u00a0 As Willa said just today: \u00a0\u201cIf I can get you to blow your coffee out through your nose then I have done my job! \u00a0Rock on cool lady\u2026And always laugh\u2026Otherwise the crazies win.\u201d<\/p>\n

Blessed am I to know them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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