The Labor of Love: It's Okay to Laugh (Crying is Okay, Too)

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The Labor of Love: It's Okay to Laugh (Crying is Okay, Too)

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Lori talks with Nora McInerny Purmort, a woman who tried to pack fifty years of marriage into the three short ones she was given with her terminally ill husband. McInerny Purmort is the author of "It's Okay to Laugh (Crying is Okay, Too)."

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Jun 1, 2016

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The Labor of Love: It's Okay to Laugh (Crying is Okay, Too)

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