https://headhearthand.org/blog/2014/04/03/the-widows-first-laugh/  Informing Minds. Moving Hearts. Directing Hands. Thu, 30 Apr 2026 22:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 https://headhearthand.org/blog/2014/04/03/the-widows-first-laugh/#comment-45415 Sun, 06 Apr 2014 22:21:51 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=17197#comment-45415 […] Oh you are going to need some inner strength to read this post from David Murray’s Head Heart Hand: The Widow’s First Laugh. […]

]]> https://headhearthand.org/blog/2014/04/03/the-widows-first-laugh/#comment-45401 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 14:41:00 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=17197#comment-45401 This absolutely describes something I wrestled with after our daughter died…not so much feeling guilty about being happy (though that was there too) but more feeling like letting in happiness was somehow letting go of her even a bit more…but I am so thankful that while weeping lasts for “a night”… there is joy that returns with “the morning”. I think you’re right…happiness & joy after sorrow…are a foreshadow or taste of Heaven. It’s a beautiful gift from Him when new buds of happiness and laughter begin to rise from the ashes.

]]> https://headhearthand.org/blog/2014/04/03/the-widows-first-laugh/#comment-45400 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 14:25:00 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=17197#comment-45400 It is very much ‘encouragement week’ on the blog this week I am noticing. I am not opposed Thanks!

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