This story will compel you to both laugh and cry just as the title promises. May we all bring Noras honesty passion and hope to our lives.??Lena Dunham

comedy = tragedy + time/ros?

Twenty-seven-year-old Nora McInerny Purmort bounced from boyfriend to dopey boyfriend until she met Aarona charismatic art director and comic-book nerd who once made Nora laugh so hard she pulled a muscle. When Aaron was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer they refused to let it limit their love. They got engaged on Aarons hospital bed and had a baby boy while he was on chemo. In the period that followed Nora and Aaron packed fifty years of marriage into the three they got spending their time on what really matters: Buffy the Vampire Slayer each other and Beyonc?. A few months later Aaron died in Noras arms. The obituary they wrote during Aarons hospice care revealing his true identity as Spider-Man touched the nation. With?Its Okay to Laugh Nora puts a young fresh twist on the subjects of mortality and resilience. What does it actually mean to live your ??one wild and precious life?? to the fullest? How can a joyful marriage contain more sickness than health? How do you keep going