Laughing was a big part of the relationship we had as a family.
Everyone had their roles. Max, some witty banter playing off a bad pun from me. Chris, some physical humor or just being Chris and Ingrid being funny without trying to be..which was the funny part! (yah, I know you had to be there most of the time to get this…)
In any event, what I’ve been learning in the past 6 weeks is how close laughter is to tears. How close love is to anguish. These apparent opposites are more like close cousins. The yo-yo and elevator metaphors have never been more real. Tears are usually just moments or seconds away from laughter. The emotion continues to be strong.
But is it ok to laugh? Yes. Yes. Yes. I can’t imagine what this time would be like without the fragrant punctuation of laughter in the middle of the rain of sadness. That is truly what it feels like. The sadness and sorrow is like a fog or a misty Vancouver rain that gets right into your bones. The laughter is like the perfect cup of coffee on those rainy days. Yes, it’s ok to laugh…in fact it’s just what the doctor ordered.
In that vein, my amazing crazy group in BCIT’s Marketing department put together a little video this week in our spare time. Part One you’ve seen before, but I’ll put it here again, and the new video, ‘don’t wear the wrong jersey on gameday part 2’ is below. We had lots of laughs putting these together…I hope you do when watching. And finally today….Canucks…please get your act together. Sorry…just had to say that.
Be The Best. 
7 replies on “Is it ok to laugh?”
Indeed. And I’m pretty sure Chris is laughing with you.
It amazing how you can see that amongst the craziness of a really busy time at work or in the midst of personal difficulties, this type of silliness and fun help us all to catch a breath and release some stress. Thanks Randy.
Hope that slap didn’t hurt too much 😉
The swelling on my face is starting to go down. Thanks for checking in Joy… Note to my mother: No, Joy didn’t really slap me…just some camera tricks! (shhh..)
Thanks for info… I’m glad!!
Hey Randy: Great post. I had fun putting these vids together too. Working on Chris’s Memorial Video today – very different… but very important. I took a minute out to watch these Canuck Jersey videos – and had a laugh. You’re right – not a lot of distance between laughter and sorrow sometimes.
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Now I know what you do all day at work. You make a great actor. Renee
Joshua’s Mom
This is really tough work..! (too bad the canucks did not appreciate the effort and lost to the hawks after all that)