Just thinking random thoughts, I began to ponder...what if, someday not too far away, one of my children is upset and my usual fix-all of 'tickle torture' doesn't cheer them up? And then I really started to worry, because this sounds like something that truly could happen. What if I tickle them and they don't laugh, but instead just stare me down and tell me that everything is NOT better? And then panic sets in because I really like everything to be better immediately and if it's not, I don't know what to do. Hyperventilation. What will I do?! How will I know they're mentally sound if they don't laugh?
And then another thought hits me and I sit back and calm down. Kenny is thirty-two years old and whenever he storms into the house upset that somebody said something mean to him or his day didn't go as planned (which happens more often than you probably think), tickle torture still works on him. So I should be good for a while. Right?
I mean...right??
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