
Funny Mummy

As time drifts on and on, and Mum drifts in and out, I keep thinking about how I’ve spent my entire life trying so damn hard to make a mark, to create a legacy of work to leave behind so that if and when I am the one to suddenly depart this earth, I will at least be remembered.
Jenny Wynter • Funny Mummy
I love this quote from the author Jonathan Safran Foer: “You cannot protect yourself from sadness without also protecting yourself from happiness.’’ I believe this even extends further: you cannot protect yourself from pain without also protecting yourself from connection.
Jenny Wynter • Funny Mummy
Through a stunning display of serendipity, I stumble across an audition notice for Clown Doctors.
Jenny Wynter • Funny Mummy
Avalanche has the BIGGEST COLLECTION OF STAND-UP COMEDY DVDs I would ever see in a video store.
Jenny Wynter • Funny Mummy
It’s boasting onstage about what a crappy mum you are, while secretly crumbling at the notion that it’s true.
Jenny Wynter • Funny Mummy
However you do it, laughing out loud has got to be part of each and every day of your life. It’s non-negotiable. Make it happen. Trust me. I’m a (clown) doctor.
Jenny Wynter • Funny Mummy
It’s watching your peers without kids do all the festivals, all the touring and all the moving cities to grasp their careers with both hands, while you’re scouring the house to find a coloured shirt for ‘orange day’.
Jenny Wynter • Funny Mummy
It’s looking at your family’s finances and how your ‘touring’ and ‘festival’ shows have all but killed them, and realising that you may, in fact, have the showbiz equivalent of a gambling problem.
Jenny Wynter • Funny Mummy
I’ve discovered sound baths, particularly gong meditation. I feel amazing after a good gonging.