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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Riantee, I absolutely love your poem and join the others in agreeing that laughter is the best medicine!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Feeling blessed,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Ruth<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> thespiritexpress-bounces@lists.mcn.org <thespiritexpress-bounces@lists.mcn.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 17, 2022 5:22 PM<br><b>To:</b> lee michel alley <leemh321@aol.com>; thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Thespiritexpress] Poem read at Mastery<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am so glad that we share that secret Lee, laughter, the glue that seals love.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>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. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Paloma, we should have those little glimpses be big glimpses.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Much love<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Riantee<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Feb 16, 2022, at 08:32, lee michel alley via Thespiritexpress <<a href="mailto:thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org">thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I must say, laughter is also what has been the “glue” that seals my love with Dave, too!<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for such a sweet poem, Riantee!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Love always, <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Lee<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Feb 15, 2022, at 10:12 PM, Paloma Carmona via Thespiritexpress <<a href="mailto:thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org">thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I love this! Riantee<span style='font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>🤗</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>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. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I have always adored the dynamics of you two as a couple. In the little glimpses I have had. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Soul much love <span style='font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>💗</span> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Paloma <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Love long and prosper <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On Feb 15, 2022, at 9:24 PM, Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress <<a href="mailto:thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org">thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></p><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>Love is laughing - For Charles</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>Who's behind us, winking </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>when I talk to you?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>It's laughter.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>Who prances by our side </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>when I walk along with you?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>It’s laughter.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>What's between us</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>that drives you nuts</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>and me crazy about you?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>It’s laughter.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>What makes me hear </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>everything you say</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>even the nonsense,</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>it’s laughter.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>What makes me love to</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>touch you, hold you, </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>squeeze you,</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>it’s laughter.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>Even anger is beside itself with laughter,</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>bursting out of every pore,</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>through every hole,</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>laughing in all directions</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>alone or in unison.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>Laughter shakes me out of who I thought I was,</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>turning me inside out,</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>and you upside down </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>laughing your head off.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>Laughter up and down, </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>echoing all around</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>turns me into </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>a sunflower</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>turning its head towards </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>its sun-laughter.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>What makes me accept you</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>utterly</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>as you are</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>is laughter...</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>as you are,</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>you are</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>you </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>laughing with me</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tms Rmn",serif'>and love </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tms 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