Has one of your children ever said something so funny and so unexpected that you literally hurt from laughing so hard?

This morning, my 9 yr old put on a new outfit that is mostly black. I handed her a black jacket to take to school with her and told her she’d be the “girl in black” today. (Just a little joke referring to “the man in black” from Princess Bride.) She looked up at me, totally deadpan and said “Yeah, I’m going goth.”

It was so unexpected and so funny the way she said it that I doubled over from laughing so hard! By the time we were done, my sides and chest hurt and I couldn’t catch my breath.

After everything we’ve gone through in the last week, I desperately needed that laugh…