"The miracle of laughter is that it can live right in the middle of pain. One minute I can't wrap my mind around the horror of my circumstances and the next, I am laughing, a brief reminder that I am still myself. No matter what has happened or will happen, the darkness doesn't define me...
This isn't an act of denial. It's a beautiful paradox. Joy can live alongside sorrow, and laughter can live alongside pain, and the two don't have to be at war. They can just be.