Daily Prompt: From the Gut

Tell us about the last time you had a real, deep, crying-from-laughing belly laugh.

Photographers, artists, poets: show us JOYFUL.

There was a time in my life when laughing seemed silly, and only in extreme hilarious situations should it be attempted.  I was  and sometimes still am, a very serious, often uptight sort of person, who doesn’t seem to see to funny side of life.   Well over the last decade or so I made a real effort to see this funny side, I have 3 children for goodness sake and I know how a life of no fun turns out, plus children are just so darn funny.

Everyday now I try to laugh, that deep, hearty, out loud  laugh.  Sometimes its what the kids say, other times, my husband and I just have a bit of fun, sometimes it’s something I see on TV or read on Facebook, that is often cause of a few belly laughs!  The latest crying/laughing was just yesterday or the day before, and it was from Facebook,  (If you’ve seen the ‘auto-correct text’ post going around Facebook you know what I mean), however I had to silently laugh at it as I didn’t want to tell the kids why I was laughing, they always want to know!  It was painful to say the least, I wanted to laugh out loud and share it with every one in the room, but had to try and contain myself, it would have been hilarious to watch 🙂

Other Blogs from the Daily Prompt, that are bound to have some joyful stories read on:

1. Drool-worthy |
2. Daily Prompt: From the Gut – show us JOYFUL. | masadiso79’s Blog
3. floatingsheep
4. From the Gut – The Vampire Butterfly | Geek Ergo Sum
5. Daily Prompt: Joyful | Books, Music and Movies : my best friends
6. 4.7 Daily Prompt: From the Gut | family photos food & craft
7. Daily Prompt: From the Gut | George and Nigel
8. Hysterical Joy | The Magic Black Book
9. Daily Prompt: Joyful, A Poem | Vicariously Poetic
10. Washday… maybe a few clean jokes too… | The Rider
11. Daily Prompt: From the Gut | Under the Monkey Tree
12. Let’s face it, farting is funny. | thoughtsofrkh
13. Neighbelline | Daily Prompt: From the Gut | likereadingontrains
14. What Buddies Will Do For Each Other | The Jittery Goat
15. The Belly Laugh | Marriage in Limbo: The In-Between State
16. From the gut in a most unexpected place | Nanuschka’s Blog
17. LOL | Spunky Wayfarer
18. Bitcoins vs. Dollars | To Pursue Happiness
19. Daily Prompt: Laughing So Hard | My Daily Prompt Blog
20. My Date With Dad | Musing Off the Mat
21. Tears From the Gut | Beats and Pieces
22. The powah of prayah | Relax…
23. Daily Prompts: From the Gut « Mama Bear Musings
24. You Crack Me Up! | Prayers and Promises
25. Thoughts on Laughter | The Drowning Octopus
26. the UNCATEGORISED: Daily prompt… | the TRASH BASH
27. Daily Prompt: From the Gut | iChristian
28. Freedom… | Haiku By Ku
29. Small Wonder: Daily Prompt: From the Gut | so i wrote
30. Laughter | Thriving Pessimist…
31. A fit FIT.. | ayimas
32. Daily Prompt: From the Gut | Chronicles of an Anglo Swiss
33. Uncontrolled Laughter! | amateurxpress
34. Danny Kaye’s aria | Vivir, que no es poco
35. Immunizations Anyone? | A Day in the Life
36. From the Gut | bheehappy
37. Breathless From Laughter « Getting Rid Of Boredom
38. Silly Girls | meanderedwanderings
39. Daily Prompt: From the Gut | Faraziyya
40. Daily Prompt: From the Gut | Chicomallorca’s Blog
41. Laughter as medicine | tornin2’s Blog
42. That One Time I (almost) Met Bill Clinton | the theory of everything
43. Oh! | clarior e tenebris
44. Another taxi ha-ha moment | Nanuschka’s Blog
45. From the Gut | Geek Ergo Sum
46. ParentingFollow Topics Bad Parenting Children Day Job Good Parenting | maydoesit’s Blog
47. Laughing out Loud with Deadpool | The Nameless One
48. I Have the Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy Down in my Heart | God Through My Eyes
49. Daily Prompt: The Sound of Laughter | One Starving Activist
50. That’s Not Right! | SOPHIE dans le métro
51. Left Is Scary and Other Hilarious Incidents | Resident Alien — Being Dutch in America
52. From the Gut: Love & Lindisfarne | Khana’s Web
53. Joyful Birthday Fireworks for the USA | Slam on the Brakes, Pull Over, Take the Picture
54. Daily Prompt: From the Gut | His Name | Discovering Myself
55. Daily Prompt: From the Gut | Quirky Brunette
56. Old Married Couple | The Silver Lining of the Optimistic Pessimist
57. Laughing, Really Laughing | Script Under Construction
58. Welcome to the Abyss: AP Exams | A Day in the Life
59. Reminiscing the Joy of Fiction | Expressions
60. Child’s Play #poetry #children #photography | Moondustwriter’s Blog
61. To the point of snorting | I Didn’t Just Wake Up This Morning with a Craving
62. Daily Prompt: From the Gut | The Blogging Path
63. Creeper Status | Code For Confession
64. Laughing Belly Laughs | mother of nine9
65. Nothing Like a Good Laugh | Life As I Know It
66. Good times. | My Tiny Thoughts
67. For those that celebrate it…Happy Fourth of July! | Elizabeth Los