Who can forget the old, animated cereal commercial, with the children, admonishing the Trix-addicted rabbit that the stuff was "for kids," which he clearly was not? Alas, the rabbit was deemed "silly," and deprived of the yummy stuff.

Of course, we always rooted for the rabbit, hoping that one commercial would have a different ending. At Contagious LaughterTM with our lunchbox kits, we are all about spreading joy to kids or kids at-heart. Plus, as adults, we need to access that part of us now, more than ever. Furthermore, it is said that joy has the highest vibrational energy of any emotion. While we know that laughter has healing powers, we also just love to do it. And why should kids have all the fun with these lighthearted lunchboxes? As grown-ups, we have been there and done that, so we have the capacity to recognize the nuances of humor, that a child cannot.

In addition, when adults face illness or difficult times, we tend to spiral down into our own story, in a way that children have not yet learned to do. So why not send a Barrel of Laughs, Artie's Crafts, Space Capsule or any other box to an adult today? One adult Barrel of Laughs recipient reported that while in hospital, recovering from a stroke, the lunchbox kit brightened his day. It sounds simple, because it is.

When someone endures something like that, we tend to feel powerless to make things better for them, yet we are not. The gift of laughter is not only physically and emotionally therapeutic, but it provides a nice change of pace from flowers, beautiful and fragrant as they are. While illness and suffering are not funny, the capacity for joy is arguably our most powerful weapon against them. So it would seem that the silly rabbit, who made those children laugh, was really doing them a service. Okay, it's just a commercial.

In such complicated and changing times, some days, a smile is an enormous victory, so let's feed and nurture each one. If an adult you know is having trouble doing so, start them off with one of our lunchbox kits, which I sincerely hope will bring that joyful energy to light.