April 26, 2017 Hap-Hap-Happy, when last?

As we travel through the years, we experience recurring themes.  They tend to make "us" who we are, and fix our mind on who we believe we are.  Today's moment is elation.  The question asks.. 

Do you remember a time you were SO HAPPY you wanted to CRY?  

The question was actually asked via a text, so the initial response was anticipated to be dry.  Didn't think a one word answer would be it... but hey... Perhaps they were driving, and one doesn't text and drive.

Izzy:  Hey Sian...what was the latest thing which caused you a good laugh?

Sheri:  Sian not here yet.

Many texts between Sheri and Izzy...

Izzy:   Sian...last great laugh 

Sheri:  She said doesn't have one.


Well, so I was crushed.  This child laughs so much, constantly has a smile on her face, and is little fazed by anything...  So knowing she a giggle turns into a laugh frequently, I passed this vague response as it is odd to be asked such a question over a text, especially when one hasn't established a pattern of daily "so today's question is..."    If you doubt she laughs often, just check out the blog a few days later on April 30th, 2017.  (Contains photos of Sian and Sheri just a giggling away.)


So when I, Izzy, remember the last time I was sooo happy I cried, I recall asking Sian if she remembered the prefixes Dis and Un and their origins...

(Dis is Roman/Latin and Un is Old English Anglo-Saxon)   Now let me remind the reader here, Sian is currently in the second grade at the time of this writing.  What do YOU remember about the second grade?    Explaining the difference between DIS and UN is somewhat complex.  Knowing where the prefix originates helps (later in life) understand more completely a word.    For instance:   DISsatisfied and UNsatisfied are two completely different things.       The Roman/Latin DIS, often used about people implies having yet to be happy, fulfilled, gratified.  When applied to things, they are apart, asunder, away, there is separation.    Whereas the Anglo-Saxon / Middle English UN is used more distantly as in NOT.  It is a much Bolder statement, and frequently is associated with quantity or lack.  Think about that for a minute.  UN, Middle English, the time of rebellion of the serfs, rebelled basically for LACK of QUANTITY of sorts. One attends school, and better schools, to acquire the knowledge of THAT difference...

So, continuing, I cried when Sian answered "Of course I know the origins of DIS and UN... Dis is Roman."   I simply cried and attempted to explain how wonderfully proud I was of her "smarts," her "brain," and how effortlessly she recalled such a tiny distinction in words in only the second grade.