" LAUGHING OUT LOUD "

LATELY ONE OF THE MOST ENDEARING CHANGES THAT  I AND OTHERS HAVE SEEN  IN MIKE, IS THAT HE FINDS SO MUCH HUMOR IN COMMERCIALS.  HE SEES THE SAME COMMERCIALS ALL THE TIME (JUST LIKE THE REST OF US), BUT UNLIKE THE REST OF US, HE LAUGHS OUT LOUD EVERY TIME HE SEES THEM.  THE GIECO COMMERCIALS HE FINDS PARTICULARLY FUNNY, BUT THEN SO ARE SOME OF THE CAR COMMERCIALS, AND THE ONES THAT SHOW THE FOOD ATTACKING THE EATER.  I TOO MAY HAVE FOUND THEM FUNNY THE FIRST TIME I SAW THEM, BUT FOR MIKE, EVERY TIME IS LIKE THE FIRST TIME ALL OVER AGAIN.  I WANT TO LAUGH AND CRY AT THE SAME TIME JUST WATCHING HIM, AND WAITING FOR THAT LAUGH.  MIKE HAS TRULY CHANGED IN SO MANY OTHER WAYS AND FOR THE MOST PART,  ALL FOR THE BETTER.  ONE OF MY FRIENDS JOKINGLY SAID THAT MIKE USE TO HAVE ALZHEIMER'S BUT NOW HIS BRAIN IS NORMAL.  THE REASON SHE SAID THIS, IS BECAUSE SHE HAS KNOWN MIKE AND I FOR 30 PLUS YEARS, AND KNEW THE OLD MIKE AS WELL AS THE NEW ONE.  WE BOTH AGREE THAT THE NEW ONE IS WAY BETTER THAN THE OLD-THAT IS NOT TO SAY  THAT I AM HAPPY THAT MIKE HAS DEVELOPED ALZHEIMER'S, BECAUSE I AM CERTAINLY NOT, BUT I AM SO THANKFUL THAT ALONG WITH ALL THE SADNESS, AND DOWNSIDES THAT COMES WITH THIS HORRIBLE DISEASE, THAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE THE SILVER LINING (SO TO SPEAK).  I FEEL SO THANKFUL TO THAT MIKE HAS NO STRESS AT ALL.  HE LOVES EVERY DAY, AND STILL ENJOYS DOING WHAT HE LOVES BEST-PULLING WEEDS, AND MESSING IN THE YARD.  WE SHOULD ALL HAVE SUCH CARE FREE AND  STRESSLESS LIVES-MAYBE SOMEDAY-JUST ME