I throw my socks!
Be silly!
Every now and then, someone asks how my spouse and I have been together for over 37 years. They usually want to know if there is some sort of secret sauce others can use to keep their relationships alive and well. There are lots of reasons, but I think one of the main ones is we know how to be silly. We don’t take ourselves too seriously. Here’s an example.
I don’t know how we started doing this; it just seemed to happen one day and now we always do it. When our laundry is done and all of it is put away except for the socks, we play a game. I stand on the opposite side of the bed from where we keep our socks in a dresser. Rhonda pulls the drawer out and I throw the sock pairs - that have been tucked inside one another to make a nice ball - into the drawer.
When I make the shot, we both cheer. When I don’t make the shot, we both say “Aww…” in a disappointed voice. I get to throw the socks until they are all in the drawer. Then we enjoy a big cheer and go back to our day!
This is silly. It’s also fun. And my aim is getting better and better. Another thing we do is Rhonda channels our corgi Pearl and I have conversations with the dog. It’s hilarious and I have learned so much about the dog-world this way. Also silly. Also fun.
Do you find the time to be silly? It’s great for your mental health. There’s so much to be concerned about these days - I mean we’re in the middle of some of the most serious issues our country and world have faced. It’s pretty much mandatory to find ways to relax, let go, laugh, have fun and be silly. Even if you live alone, I’ll bet there are ways you can add more humor to your life. With humor comes joy. With joy comes fulfillment no matter what’s going on in the world.
As we get closer to the New Year, you might want to get your 2026 wall calendar that is a Watercolor Ode to the Four Elements! Each page celebrates one of the elements: earth, air, fire, and water and I invite you to follow along as I talk about the elements in some of my articles in 2026. Here’s the front cover that shows the drawings for each month of the year.
Brightest blessings,
Krysta
This cracked me up! I'm glad you didn't mention the times the inner eight-year-olds decide the dinner menu, or how some of us talk to "the garage people."
I can completely relate. Faith's daughter speaks for Shadow corgi so much better. But since she moved to CO. Faith and I take turns. It really does lighten things up. We don't have garage people but we do have guineas, kittens and deer that we have conversations with from time to time. In the spring the deer really get 'talkative', LOL. The guinea are mostly just yelling all the time.