Not Every Ending Comes with Closure

Come, come sit with me… grab your drink and pull up a chair. Listen… I’m one of those people who likes to have everything all wrapped up neatly. But uummm… we all know in life… that doesn’t always happen. And sometimes… we don’t get the closure we crave. I had a friend. I truly thought we were good friends. We hung out, did things together, and had been friends for years. We met at work… and even after I left that job, we still kept our friendship going. Until… we didn’t. Honestly? I don’t even know why they stopped talking to me. I called. I left messages. I texted. And nothing. My goodness… it was hard to let it go. Because I like closing the circle. I like understanding. I like knowing why something ended. But this circle… It never closed. And that was the hardest part. And honestly… it still bugs me. And maybe that’s the part we don’t talk about enough. Not every relationship ends with a conversation. Not every ending comes with an ex...
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Celebrating Laughter

Come, come sit with me. Grab your drink and pull up a chair.

Laughter.

What comes to mind when you think of it?

For me, when I think of laughter, I think of release.
I think of lightness.
I think of the way it softens whatever is happening in the moment… and how everyone just seems a little happier.

There’s something beautiful about the sound of it.
It’s honest. It’s unfiltered. It’s human.

Laughter makes people more open.
More approachable.
More real.

It invites connection without trying too hard.

You don’t need a reason to laugh.
Sometimes the smallest things spark it — an inside joke, a memory, a teasing comment, a look across the table.

And when it comes?

It feels like permission.
Permission to relax.
Permission to enjoy.
Permission to just be.

And if we’re talking about laughter, then of course I have to give you a memory that makes me laugh every single time I think of it.

It’s my brother and his “special birthday drinks.”

On my big birthdays, he always makes me something dramatic. One year? Chocolate martinis.

Girl.

Let me tell you how good they tasted.

I had two… and I was feeling it. (Yes, I am a lightweight. We are not debating this. lol)

So he says, “Lisa, you want another one?”

And I say — with full confidence and attitude — 
“Yes. But make it with less liquor.”

He looks at me.
Then he looks at my bestie.

And I’m giving him sass like, “What is so hard about putting less alcohol?”

My bestie leans over and whispers,
“Don’t argue with her. Just say yes and make the third.”

It wasn’t until the next day…

That I realized a chocolate martini is ALL alcohol.

Every birthday since?

I get teased.
And I laugh every single time.

That’s the thing about laughter.
It doesn’t just live in the moment.
It lives in the memory.

It turns into stories.
Into teasing.
Into traditions.

And sometimes the sound of it — even years later — is enough to make you feel lighter all over again.

Maybe that’s why we need to add more laughter to our lives — on purpose.

Not the forced kind.
Not the polite kind.

But the kind that makes you lean forward.
The kind that makes your eyes water.
The kind that becomes a story ten years later.

Because don’t we all need a little more lightness?

A little more teasing.
A few more “just make the third” moments.

Life will give us plenty to think about.
Let’s also give ourselves something to laugh about.

✨ Whisper: Laugh loudly. The memories will echo longer than you think.

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