Pack Your Sense of Humor
Although I am not in any kind of 12 step program for the wickedly funny, I do have good intentions of quitting my "hobby" of trying to incite a lynch mob in some online forum or other when I Feel Like Hell. The norm with Good Intentions is to merrily pave a road to hell with them. So, being Oh So Clever and Wise, I realized that I needed more than Good Intentions to give up such Wicked Ways: I also needed a constructive outlet for my Politically Incorrect, Morbid and Sarcastic Sense of Humor. Thus was born the "Humor" section of my website:
I have decided that Problems are Only there to make you miserable. Problems Enjoy making you miserable. It is their only purpose in life. Somewhere along the way, I discovered that if you will Laugh at your problems, some of them will get really disgusted at all the Fun you are having with them and they will Go Away (I guess in hopes that going away will make you miserable, since that is Their Purpose in life). The ones that do not just go away when you laugh in their face will at least become much more enjoyable company to keep around.
When you have kids who are multiply exceptional, you (and they) are probably going to wind up carrying around a lot of unnecessary emotional baggage. All of their special needs and endless problems are Weighty Enough. You do not need to add to your burdens. I highly recommend that you unpack all that heavy emotional baggage and pack something much lighter in its place: A Wicked Sense of Humor.
This really shouldn't even be carried in a suitcase. Your sense of humor is such an essential tool that it should be kept handy at all times. No, it is not even really a tool: it is a Weapon. And it should be kept in a quick-draw holster on your hip (whichever hip your special needs child is NOT attached to).
So: Are you Packin?
Other humorous pieces on this website:
Locking Horns With My Child Over Math
Dueling With The Double-Bind
Pale Skin Disorder
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