Our Laughter

I believe it has been since I was born, but it has been atleast as far back as I can remember, my mother and I have always been able to laugh together. It always seems to be jokes that nobody else understands and nobody else ever laughs at. The jokes are never inside jokes, they are just ones that nobody else wants to join in on. I have always loved our all out belly-aching, cant breath, tears in out eyes jokes. The jokes are usually about topics that "normal" people would find to be unamusing and usually repulsive. However, it is our humor that we share in our own way. It is a bond that we have that has always been there. When times between us have been hard or distant, it is usually our "jokes" that will bring us back together.
I write about this because since Emily has been born we have had that same bond over jokes. They are never knock-knock jokes or the "a monkey, a sheep, and a man walk into a bar...." kind of jokes. It is the little songs we sing, the way we can twist something sad or disturbing into something that we can laugh about, or just look at something and start to laugh. There doesn't even need to be words spoken, sometimes we can just laugh and know what the other one is laughing about. I can feel and see the same bond with Emily that my mother must have always felt with me.
I truly believe that laughter can be the best medicine. I take care of many patients dying of many aliments and you can tell that they never feel as good on medication as they feel when they have a good belly laugh. I am just so happy that I have this bond with not only my mother but also with my daughter. I can tell that our laughter will lead to many years of great memories about nothing at all... except laughing about something... whatever that may be.