Medicinal Humor

It’s easy to laugh now
About all the things
I dealt with as a parent.
The struggles
I encountered
Seem hysterical
In retrospect,
But at the time,
My sense of humor
Was sorely tested.
I had to laugh
When things didn’t seem
All that funny,
And trust that the humor
Of the incidents
Would come to me later.
It was the humor
That got me by.