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If you manage to read this -- you are brave or bored. Either one works for me. Lucky you! I'm not writing another Comedy Newsletter until next year! Heed the warning. Since this is the year of the Corona Virus, this is a sick-humor edition. Remember, I warned you!  |
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This Holiday Comedy Newsletter is dedicated to my Mom for the years of laughter she gave us throughout the years.
Hello folks! As 2020 ends, I can’t help but think over the months we’ve endured during the year amid Corona Virus. Yes, there were some tense moments, however, I’m a firm believer in finding a bit of humor each day, unless of course, I’m at a funeral. However, that hadn’t stopped me in the past. I state this not to be disrespectful but to illustrate that humor may break through even the darkest of times.
My mother was a a kind and loving person, very generous and … Funny! Gosh that woman could make friends and family laugh by saying a few words with a total pan-face presentation. Once while visiting her, she told us that one of her neighbors passed away. He was very helpful to my mother after snowstorms where the over sixty-five aged community residents needed to clean snow off their cars and move them to one side of the street so the plows could get through, and then return them back to their parking spots. This particular neighbor used to do this for my mother and a couple others in their apartment complex. He never took any money for the job. My mother, who was always cooking or baking gave him some homemade goodies as a thank you for all his kind work. He was younger than she, and could still do the snow removal and window scraping from her car.
After she announced his death, and we said our condolences, Web-Lock sympathetically asked, “How did he die?” Mom’s response, “Oh, it was nothing serious.” Web-Lock never got over that unexpected line during a sad moment. He recalled that she said it with such a serious face it struck him in a way that was a cross between shock followed by laughter. He tried to stifle that chuckle, afraid to hurt her feelings, but it was too late, the laughing was unavoidable. He talked about it on the hour-plus, ride back home. He said he never heard that line before stating someone didn’t die of anything serious. “Isn’t the act of dying itself, serious, WebWitch?”
That was just one of countless one-liners my mother used over the years. Her children, of which I am one, were used to her “drive-by” humorous lines. We were always prepared for one and always enjoyed giggling along with her. However, Web-Lock was just getting to know her and got caught several times as she was setting up the scenario that would make him laugh until tears. As far as buffet style dining goes at huge family get togethers during the holidays, Mom usually sat in a place where she could take everything in without having to move from her comfy spot. Usually there were several spots where a group of guests would roam to as the day wore on, catching up with stuff. She loved the kitchen table because it gave her a broad view of the open spaces and all the guests. Web-Lock usually chose her table when a chair became available and talked to her about how she was doing. Mom would say one of her stories that ended in him laughing and encouraging her to tell more stories. His own mom passed away when he was still a teen, and my mother became his “adopted” mom.
This wonderful humor-fest between Web-Lock and my mom went on for several years before she left this earth. Not to be too morbid as this is a comedy newsletter – well yeah, it is kinda morbid, I think back to the day of my mother’s funeral. Yes, it was terribly sad. However my mother wasn’t going out without playing her last joke on us.
The family and friends were about to say our final goodbyes as the casket was about to be placed on the supporter over the grave. I have to say it was beautiful watching her teen-aged grandsons and a favorite nephew carrying her with the utmost respect and solemnity. They all placed the coffin on the stand .
At that very moment, the stand lost its stability and the coffin started slipping into a head first dive toward the opening. (It’s as if my mother couldn’t wait to be with my father, again.  ) The poor guys were struggling with the weight of the coffin shifting under the pull of gravity making it difficult to keep a firm grasp on it. Several men jumped forward to help steady the coffin preventing her from falling into her final repose. It was shock and awe, watching this unfold in almost slow motion. The quick action of the extra helping hands managed to save the day and steady the casket back on its stand.
After the initial shock wore off, we kids had a good laugh over it. We knew it was Mom playing one finally joke on us! (Seriously, folks -- she would have been laughing had she witnessed such an event. And now you know where I got my kookie sense of humor.  )
Thanks for the memories, Mom. You really had us going right to the end!
Keep the humor in your hearts and you will be able to get through the difficult times. Laughter is the best medicine. Memories of one who made you laugh will be long lasting, long after that person is gone.
If you'd like to read a couple more examples of my mother's ability to make one laugh, check out these!
"Comedy Newsletter (February 2, 2011)"
"Comedy Newsletter (July 17, 2013)"
Until next time—laugh hard, laugh often … even in difficult times.
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and a very happy, healthy, and prosperous 2021!
See you next year, folks!
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