Contents
Part 1 Can You Believe I Did That? Laughing at Ourselves ... with Others Tea Time and Supper / Marilyn Meberg....................3
Fashion Non-Sense / Martha Bolton....................8
Celebrating Camaraderie / Luci Swindoll....................10
In Search of a Giggle / Patsy Clairmont....................13
Angerless Charade / Sheila Walsh....................15
Living in God's House / Luci Swindoll....................16
Weighty Matters / Patsy Clairmont....................20
We Are Relaxed / Marilyn Meberg....................22
Part 2 Laugh? I Thought I'd Die! Laughing When It Hurts Putting on the Ritz / Cathy Lee Phillips....................29
Is This a Disaster-or a Pimple-Level Problem? / Max Lucado....................36
Cheer Up! / Barbara Johnson....................38
Surviving All Those Aggravating A-teds / Thelma Wells....................39
Sharing Comfort in the Cesspool / Barbara Johnson....................42
The Fun of Imperfection / Sandi Patty....................43
If You're Happy and You Know It ... / Thelma Wells....................47
Lord, Did You Misunderstand? / Natalie Grant....................48
Keep Your Joy, No Matter What / Thelma Wells....................51
Filling Your Blessing Basket / Sheila Walsh....................56
Finding Joy in a Cluttered-Up Sunset / Thelma Wells....................61
Family Adjustments / Sandi Patty....................62
Back-Alley Laughter / Thelma Wells....................66
Look for the Laugh / Barbara Johnson....................69
Being a Friend, Even When It Hurts / Jan Silvious....................74
Bringing Your Pity Party to a Screeching Halt/ Thelma Wells....................75
God's E-mail / Marilyn Meberg....................78
Part 3 Is This Funny, or Am I Losing My Mind? Trying to Remember Why We're Laughing Brain Fractures / Patsy Clairmont....................81
The Limpings of the Well-Intended and Misinformed / Marilyn Meberg....................84
If Only I Had a Brain ... / Ann Luna....................86
Are You the One? / Barbara Johnson....................89
It's Gotta Be Here Somewhere / Martha Bolton....................91
Learning the Hard Way / Thelma Wells....................93
The Joyful Trickster / Marilyn Meberg....................94
Doing and Being / Luci Swindoll....................97
My Little Chickadee / Marilyn Meberg....................100
Cleaning Up after the Chaos / Sandi Patty....................101
Are You Talking to Yourself Again? / Thelma Wells....................104
Pondering Backward / Luci Swindoll....................106
Part 4 Family Funnies Laughing with Our Loved Ones The Big Day / Sheila Walsh....................111
It's a Man Thang! / Thelma Wells....................115
Daddy Goes with Me / Luci Swindoll....................116
Brace for Impact! / Barbara Johnson....................118
God's Heart for His Girls / Jan Silvious....................121
Don't Be Mad, Okay? / Lowell Streiker....................124
Yahoo! / Sheila Walsh....................125
God (and Uncle Bob) Bring Christmas / Mary Graham....................128
A Little Too Much Time on the Road / Sandi Patty....................131
A Sweet Reprieve from Cucumbers / Chonda Pierce....................132
Baby Doll / Patsy Clairmont....................137
I Know Where I'm Going / Sheila Walsh....................139
Mama T's Light-Bulb Moment / Thelma Wells....................141
Baby, It's Cold Inside! / Patsy Clairmont....................144
Does This Thing Come with Directions? / Sheila Walsh....................145
Big-Girl Talk / Jan Silvious....................147
If It's Important, Write It Down! / Sandi Patty....................150
Part 5 Healthy Hilarity Laughing Is Merry Medicine Regarding Food ... / Cathy Lee Phillips....................155
The Butcher's Scales / Sheila Walsh....................156
Fat Farm Failures / Barbara Johnson....................158
Hundred-Dollar Ringworm / Marilyn Meberg....................162
Touchy about Being Touched / Barbara Johnson....................166
Laugh It Up / Martha Bolton....................168
The Year We Had Head Lice / Sandi Patty....................170
Guilty Pleasures / Luci Swindoll....................175
The Perils of Exercise / Barbara Johnson....................178
Nonsense in Their Veins / Luci Swindoll....................179
Find the Joy! / Sandi Patty....................181
My Favorite Excuse / Barbara Johnson....................182
Part 6 Get Outta Here! Laughing at Life's Ridiculous Moments On an Olympic Scale, I'd Give It a 7.4 / Ann Luna....................185
Surprised by Doubt / Sheila Walsh....................189
Climb In, Little Piggy? / Max Lucado....................193
Spending Christmas with a Rodent / Mary Graham....................195
Saving My Satin Pillows / Marilyn Meberg....................198
God's Garden / Patsy Clairmont....................201
Riding Shotgun with an Ex-Con Angel / Ann Luna....................203
Public Speaking, Cesspool-Style / Barbara Johnson....................207
Luci's Law / Luci Swindoll The Problems Started with the Birthday Cake / Ann Luna....................210
Trying Not to Hiss / Marilyn Meberg....................213
Honing Our Humor / Barbara Johnson....................218
Expect Delays / Patsy Clairmont....................219
The Marriage Proposal / Luci Swindoll....................222
An Early Engagement / Sheila Walsh....................223
Acknowledgments....................227
