When they were small, there were moments when we would all be seized with the giggles. Infectiously, laughter would spread until we had tears running down our cheeks. Ah, friend, we need to celebrate with laughter. To be sure, we should never take our laughter at the expense of someone else, nor should we engage in obscenity or lewd joking. However, to laugh at our folly and to invite others to laugh with us is a great gift.
Laughter can lift the sorrow of the moment when it is appropriately shared.
I heard Mr. Cosby talking about the choices his family made in the way they marked this tragedy. He told about carrying the coffin of his son down the hill to the gravesite. There the extended family held hands in a large circle around the coffin. One by one they spoke. Someone shared a story about Innes.