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Shelly edits sitcom laugh tracks for a living, but while at work she daydreams of sharing her life's frustrations on a comedy stage. There she explains to a strange audience that she is the sole caretaker for her mother who is deteriorating from Alzheimer's disease. Shelly is not funny, but the audience laughs anyway. Shelly is struggling to decide whether it is time for her mother to move into an assisted living facility. One day she receives a letter in the mail from Beth, a childhood friend and inside she finds a photograph of herself laughing as a teenager. This image spurs Shelly to consider where the laughter has gone in her life. Shelly soon begins to fantasize of herself and Beth as kids, laughing at stupid things juxtaposed with the adult Shelly who has serious problems to deal with. Shelly eventually realizes that to reconnect with her mother she must once again embrace humor and only through laughter is she able to make difficult decisions in her life. c37 Written by Gabriel Reiter Shelly has been having a recurring dream. She stands on a comedy stage and testifies the frustrations of being the sole caretaker for her aging mother who has Alzheimer's disease. Unfortunately, Shelly's waking hours are not much better. Her mother is deteriorating and Shelly cannot find anything funny anymore. But when Shelly is spurred by memories of her childhood, she realizes that in order to cope with her situation, she needs to rediscover the humor within it. Written by Gabriel Reiter