Be Together

The kids and I were picking out a movie to watch tonight and Jake informed me that statistically, funny movies are funnier when a bunch of people watch it together. More people, more laughs, good times all around. Then he pointed out that scary movies are much scarier with less people. Isolation breeds fear like Kate makes eight.

This is true for movies, and true for life. Humans were created for community. Laughing feels good. Being scared is inevitable and even though it can sometimes be exciting and stimulating, we still need to know that when the scary part is over we can collapse into the safety of our loves.

Andrew and I are both "people" people. On one of our first dates we went to this ocean side restaurant where we sat at this really sweet romantic table for two beside a huge water fountain. This cute older couple sat down at the table next to us and we could hear them wondering aloud what "sliders" were. I was just about to turn to help them out when Andrew himself started talking to them, explaining the menu and laughing with them about something or other. I remember sitting there staring at him thinking to myself, "HE is talking?!? That's MY job!!!" And I knew we were made for each other. We're like those two guys in the balcony from the Muppet Show. People usually just stare at us with their mouths open while we go off on our little comedy act. We think we're hilarious. Why? Because there's two of us. People laugh because it's contagious! We don't do it to be funny, we just do it because it's fun to be together.

Life doesn't always hand out cotton candy and free tickets to Disneyland. Sometimes it's raw broccoli and shark tanks. Linking up and muscling through the scary parts will eventually get us through it in one piece, and then when we get to the good stuff, we won't be alone to enjoy the rides.