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<blockquote data-quote="WhereIsTheLight" data-source="post: 39628" data-attributes="member: 3673"><p>When you show up to a family wedding and hadn't seen the Southern side in several years, and one daughter is on a tether and the other is missing her two front teeth (you're supposed to <em>catch</em> the softball, Dear, not <em>eat</em> it!) and your truck has had it's back window smashed out by your ex-husband and held together by plastic, a little humor is necessary. I told everyone at the wedding that I wanted to show up pregnant and barefoot and it would have completed the scene quite nicely.</p><p></p><p>Just before difficult child resolved her violent tendencies, she had one of those glow sticks. The three of us sat around one nice Sunday morning, just having a conversation and suddenly whacked easy child on the back with it for absolutely no reason. It was the last time she touched either of us, as I made it absolutely clear if she had ever touched us again, she would be removed from the house permanently. easy child had a 6" x 2" welt on her back.</p><p></p><p>Later that day, easy child was asked how her day was going, and she said very matter-of-factly, "Not bad considering I was flogged this morning". Glad she found humor in it. I did not.</p><p></p><p>difficult child also had a lot of fun shaving her head when she was acute. So she got a barber kit for Christmas one year. Her uncles would call her "Cueball" or "Sinead" or "Kojak". She could laugh. When she kept her hair short but left the sides to grow out and curl up as her hair does, she was called, "Rabbi" or "Tevye". She could laugh at that, too.</p><p></p><p>So, yes, humor has been a very important part of this process. And many people have commented that it was refreshing to see that we could laugh in spite of our difficulties.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WhereIsTheLight, post: 39628, member: 3673"] When you show up to a family wedding and hadn't seen the Southern side in several years, and one daughter is on a tether and the other is missing her two front teeth (you're supposed to [i]catch[/i] the softball, Dear, not [i]eat[/i] it!) and your truck has had it's back window smashed out by your ex-husband and held together by plastic, a little humor is necessary. I told everyone at the wedding that I wanted to show up pregnant and barefoot and it would have completed the scene quite nicely. Just before difficult child resolved her violent tendencies, she had one of those glow sticks. The three of us sat around one nice Sunday morning, just having a conversation and suddenly whacked easy child on the back with it for absolutely no reason. It was the last time she touched either of us, as I made it absolutely clear if she had ever touched us again, she would be removed from the house permanently. easy child had a 6" x 2" welt on her back. Later that day, easy child was asked how her day was going, and she said very matter-of-factly, "Not bad considering I was flogged this morning". Glad she found humor in it. I did not. difficult child also had a lot of fun shaving her head when she was acute. So she got a barber kit for Christmas one year. Her uncles would call her "Cueball" or "Sinead" or "Kojak". She could laugh. When she kept her hair short but left the sides to grow out and curl up as her hair does, she was called, "Rabbi" or "Tevye". She could laugh at that, too. So, yes, humor has been a very important part of this process. And many people have commented that it was refreshing to see that we could laugh in spite of our difficulties. [/QUOTE]
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