Sept 2016: Laughter

Photo by Steve Fraser My Husband and I have been married for five and a half years. Not very long in the scale of many marriages, but not so novice that even the smallest bump unsettles. At the beginning of this year, we encountered a fair amount of challenge in […]

Learning to fight fair in marriage and laugh a little ...

20 Sep, 2016 in Sept 2016: Laughter by Amanda

One of the qualities I love most in people is the ability to laugh at themselves. As a rather sensitive lass, it’s taken me a while to learn the art of not taking myself too seriously and instead of blush and retreat after a faux pas, to giggle and allow […]

Cackling, Cambodia and another C word

19 Sep, 2016 in Sept 2016: Laughter by Em Hazeldean

When was the last time you had a rib-scraping laugh? A rib-scraping laugh overtakes your body, your mind, and your soul. A rib-scraping laugh ends in tears that leak down your face and stress seeps out of you. A rib-scraping laugh sees you roll on the floor, clutch your sides […]

When Laughter Keeps You From Falling Apart

13 Sep, 2016 in Sept 2016: Laughter tagged #elainefraserauthor / #fallingapart / #steverizzo / #tonimorrison / family / kinwomen / laughter / rib-scrapinglaugh by Elaine Fraser

Somewhere along the way, life got pretty serious. It wasn’t when I became an adult, as the years of being 18, 24 and even 30 still held a sense of play or fun in them. I feel like life became genuinely serious when we had kids. There was a shift, […]

on being less than sensible

11 Sep, 2016 in Sept 2016: Laughter by Jodie McCarthy

I saw the ‘man laughing on the train’ video on social media recently – and it’s a classic. There’s nothing quite like a good laugh. The scene is set with a train full of people. All heading in the same direction but minding their own business, not daring to look one another […]

Fly in the face of the status quo and laugh ...

6 Sep, 2016 in Sept 2016: Laughter tagged laugh out loud / laughter / status quo by Esther Murray

Laughter. Being able to have a good laugh and feel that feeling that only laughter brings is something that I know I need regularly. The challenge, however, is often my responsibilities get in the way. I remember as a child that laughter was so much a part of who I […]

Responsible People Need to have a Good Laugh

4 Sep, 2016 in Sept 2016: Laughter / Uncategorized tagged #L.M. Montgomery#Hope For Tomorrow / #liveinthemoment / busyness / kinwomen / laughter / medicine / merry heart / no regrets / penny webb / responsibility by Penny