This week Tulip found herself at the Maple Ridge Library in a room filled with other curious seniors ready to enjoy a session about the power of laughter.
The hosts, Bubble Gum and Billy her clown husband, were long time residents who met more than fifty years ago in Montreal, 3000 miles east of where they live now. They had been asked to step in at a neighbour’s birthday party to entertain the children. They winged an act, were well received and found their calling. Five decades later here they were still loving the good life, now entertaining seniors.
Bubble Gum and Billy brought youthfulness to the room with their stories, puppeteering, ventriloquism and balloon twisting. Their audience was mesmerized while remembering the days of olde and finding themselves reemerged in joyful laughter and fun. Their joy emulated in their eyes, cheeks, ears and mouth, as suddenly the realities of aging, the sadness of loss, the difficulties in movement and stresses of finances were forgotten ever so briefly, perhaps restoring a sense of hope and promise and youthfulness to carry them forward with a boosted sense of happiness and memories of playful fun.
They all certainly were given a lot to laugh about and given a lot to reflect on, as they each strolled home with smiles stretching from cheek to cheek — including Tulip as she carried her rather oddly shaped yellow balloon home with her while laughing tears poured from her eyes. Artwork was never her strong point!
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