Shortly after my 17-year-old daughter Hannah died, I began blogging, and I kept it up for several years.  In the winter of 2011, about 2 ½ years after Hannah’s death, I wrote two blog posts … one titled Ten Things That (Still) Make Me Sad (last week's podcast episode), and one titled Ten Things That (Still) Make Me Smile, which I’ll be sharing in today's episode.

I remember literally smiling as I compiled this list of Ten Things, something that didn’t always come easily in those early years after Hannah’s death.  My hope is that by sharing these things today, someone listening to this podcast may realize that even though we miss our kids desperately, it’s okay to smile … and even to laugh!  In fact, I truly believe that my smiles honor my daughter’s life just as much, if not more than, my tears.

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