Funny Mummy

Avalanche has the BIGGEST COLLECTION OF STAND-UP COMEDY DVDs I would ever see in a video store.

‘if this is as good as it ever gets, I am more than okay with that. In fact, I will be stoked with that.’

Now that’s not to say that doing so is easy. Many times it’s really, really hard, but I remind myself that me being comfortable in that room is absolutely trumped by the need to be there for the child and the family. Shutting down your emotions means shutting down your connection.

What I hadn’t imagined was the loneliness.

They say it takes a village to raise a child. Well in my sister’s and my case, it takes a retirement village.

watch a doco on Billy Crystal, who recounted a moment early in his career when he and his new agent went to a stand-up comedy night and watched a guy slay (Note to non-comedy folks: ‘Slay’ is good. Very good.) Afterwards, Billy turned to his agent and commented on how great that was. ‘Yeah,’ said the agent, ‘but he didn’t leave a tip.’ ‘Huh?’ said

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.

Josef Frankl’s ‘Man’s Search for Meaning’,

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.