Gratitude For Life

Laughing until your belly hurts, my future self, and lessons from those who raised me

Denise Estey Lindquist
5 min readJun 19, 2024
Photo by BĀBI on Unsplash

The last time I laughed so hard that my belly hurt was ___________ Rupi Kaur’s Gratitude Writing Prompts

When I was 24 and going to a women’s support group we would laugh, I would go home with a sore face and sore sides. Why? I wasn’t used to smiling or laughing…

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Denise Estey Lindquist

Married, 7 children, 27 grand & 12 great. I am a part-time culture consultant. I write with Vocal, Medium, NaNoWriMo, and Facebook, A Poem A Day In February