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My great grandmother hosted my grandmother's first laugh ceremony.
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My dad's older sister hosted his first laugh ceremony.
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My grandma Myrtle celebrated and hosted my mother's first laugh ceremony.
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My mother hosted my sister's first laugh ceremony.
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My father hosted my sister's first laugh, with the help of my grandmother when it came to cooking.
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My nali (my paternal grandmother) hosted my brother's first laugh.
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My father hosted my first laugh ceremony. He made me laugh while changing my diaper. My nali (paternal grandmother) helped with the cooking.
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My older sister Clair made my little sister laugh with her goofy faces. She hosted my little sister's first laugh ceremony with the help of our mother.
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Valerie made Colleen laugh by falling on her stomach. My mother cooked for the first laugh ceremony. She held Valerie on her lap and Colleen sat on Val's lap holding the salt.
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My older sister Clair made our nephew Brandon laugh. We all helped with the cooking. Brandon would laugh all the time, he liked to rub his hand over my cousin's shaved head.
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Clarissa made her daughter laugh for the first time and hosted her ceremony in their new home. You could always here Naya laughing during her bath time.
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Justin's older brother Brandon made him laugh. Us, aunties hosted his first laugh ceremony. As todlers Justin, Shanaya, and Brandon always shared laughs.
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Autumn's mother asked my mother to host her daughter's first laugh which is considered a great honor because we believe that a child assumes the qualities of the person who host the first laugh ceremony.
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My sister Clair made her son Chauncey laugh and we all helped with the cooking. Our Chauncey hardly laughed as a baby, his first big laugh was at a magazine cover of Garth Brooks.
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Clarissa also made her second son laugh. We, as a family helped with the cooking. Vernille is known as the baby that loves to smile.
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My sister Val hosted her daughter's first laugh ceremony. A memorable facial cue before Daylin laughs is her lips shape into a 'O' first and then into a great big smile.
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Tashina's mother made her laugh and her ceremony was celebrated among her maternal clan.
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My sister Colleen made her daughter laugh for the first time. My sister's and I hosted the first laugh ceremony, we hosted the ceremony with only guidance from our mother to help us host our next ceremony on our own. We had trouble finding the salt.
Cora smiles more when she's on grandma's lap.
