<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I am so glad that we share that secret Lee, laughter, the glue that seals love.<div class="">I am often asked how can we still enjoy each other after 60 years of marriage. And I can only answer, we are very silly, we laugh, we don’t take ourselves seriously, we play, we use weird names, we have fun. </div><div class="">Paloma, we should have those little glimpses be big glimpses.</div><div class="">Much love</div><div class="">Riantee<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 16, 2022, at 08:32, lee michel alley via Thespiritexpress <<a href="mailto:thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org" class="">thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I must say, laughter is also what has been the “glue” that seals my love with Dave, too!<div class="">Thanks for such a sweet poem, Riantee!</div><div class="">Love always, </div><div class="">Lee<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 15, 2022, at 10:12 PM, Paloma Carmona via Thespiritexpress <<a href="mailto:thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org" class="">thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div dir="auto" class="">I love this! Riantee🤗<div class="">I missed the 1st part of mastery today.. so I did not have the pleasure of getting to listen to you read this. Yet as I read it in my mind I heard ur voice and Charles right there beside you laughing. </div><div class="">I have always adored the dynamics of you two as a couple. In the little glimpses I have had. </div><div class="">Soul much love 💗 </div><div class="">Paloma <br class=""><br class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Love long and prosper </div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On Feb 15, 2022, at 9:24 PM, Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress <<a href="mailto:thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org" class="">thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><br class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span style="font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Love is laughing - For Charles</span><br class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn","serif""><span style="font-size:12pt" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">Who's behind us, winking </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">when I talk to you?</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">It's laughter.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn","serif""><span style="font-size:12pt" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">Who prances by our side </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">when I walk along with you?</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">It’s laughter.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn","serif""><span style="font-size:12pt" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">What's between us</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">that drives you nuts</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">and me crazy about you?</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">It’s laughter.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn","serif""><span style="font-size:12pt" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">What makes me hear </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">everything you say</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">even the nonsense,</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">it’s laughter.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn","serif""><span style="font-size:12pt" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">What makes me love to</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">touch you, hold you, </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">squeeze you,</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">it’s laughter.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn","serif""><span style="font-size:12pt" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">Even anger is beside itself with laughter,</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">bursting out of every pore,</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">through every hole,</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">laughing in all directions</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">alone or in unison.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn","serif""><span style="font-size:12pt" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">Laughter shakes me out of who I thought I was,</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">turning me inside out,</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">and you upside down </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">laughing your head off.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn","serif""><span style="font-size:12pt" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">Laughter up and down, </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">echoing all around</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">turns me into </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">a sunflower</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">turning its head towards </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">its sun-laughter.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn","serif""><span style="font-size:12pt" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">What makes me accept you</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">utterly</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">as you are</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">is laughter...</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn","serif""><span style="font-size:12pt" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">as you are,</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">you are</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">you </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">laughing with me</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">and love </span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt" class="">laughing with us.</span></div></div>
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