Editor's Note: Vivacious Issue

April Fools, prank or be pranked! The playful month of April begged the SPARKS team to slather "Vivacious" across the cover page of this month's issue. The precision and accuracy was just impossible to resist.

vivacious

vɪˈveɪʃəs,vʌɪ-/

adjective

1. (especially of a woman) attractively lively and animated

   
   

A fun-filled issue that will have you grinning from ear to ear. From movies that will have your stomach aching from laughter, a playlist that will compel a dance out of you and articles that will brighten up your day. As almost no one but myself says, "more laughter a day keeps the doctor away."

In the heat of all the assignments, activities and chores, my companions never fail to crack a giggle out of me. Even at my lowest, they somehow manage to make laughter an instant vacation. Laughter is exceedingly powerful. Laughter softens the harder moments. Laughter tightens bonds. Laughter drains the sadness, although mostly temporarily. If I live until I'm 100, I undoubtedly owe it all to my friends. These are the friends I one day hope to share knitting yarn with when we're old and grey. Hopefully the content of this issue will have you walking on sunshine for the rest of the month. 

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.

- Khalil Gibran