When you get hit with a life changer you find ways to cope. At the Gunn household it was/is cat videos. YouTube cat videos. There are millions of them and they make us laugh. That first week after we would eat dinner, (thank you again neighbors!) and either while eating or during clean up we would turn on video after video just to laugh. It felt so good to laugh at something that was so silly and only a few minutes long. Laughter truly is the best medicine. Distractions are great too. I wait for the time when evening comes and I know we get to watch videos and snuggle and laugh. Most nights Josh would put the kids down while I held and rocked the baby and then we would snuggle on the couch and watch a movie. You get lost in a movie. So for 90 minutes you are somewhere else and you can almost feel normal again.
Enjoy some of our favorites:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgjXG_9L_Jw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl1RwhATTzA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bmhjf0rKe8
We have always loved reading together as a family and we take turns reading out loud. Lately we've been into The Candy Shop War, and pile into our bed and listen to Josh read. I love it. Whenever he pauses one child will instantly say, "Keep reading!". We finished The Secret Zoo the week before my surgery and I read that one out loud. Reading out loud is just such a wonderful way to connect and escape with your kids to far off adventures!
This particular night Joshua and I were too bushed to stay awake to listen!
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