Anna Lind Thomas - Well Laugh About This (Someday): Essays on Taking Life a Smidge Too Seriously

This memoir is exactly what we need: a hilarious, heartwarming book that reminds us that life, with all its ups and downs, is still beautiful.

BUNMI LADITAN, bestselling author of Confessions of a Domestic Failure and humorist behind The Honest Toddler

Anna Lind Thomas will make you laugh and cry and remember what its like to get the giggles. Her stories are full of humor and heart and remind you that you can laugh about some of the worst times in your life... eventually.

CINDY CHUPACK, New York Times bestselling author and Emmy-winning writer/producer of Sex and the City, Modern Family, Otherhood, and more

Oh my gosh, I couldnt put this down. Annas spectacular writing paints such a beautifully vivid picture that I felt like I was right there alongside her in these memories. I was laughing and nodding the whole time and couldnt devour it quickly enough. This memoir reminded me that while life isnt always perfect, we somehow always end up exactly where we are meant to be.

TIFFANY JENKINS, bestselling author of High Achiever and humorist behind Juggling the Jenkins

When I first met Anna Lind Thomas, she was better at everything than me (social media, writing, being funny), but she didnt act that way. She was kind and thoughtful, and I loved her instantly. So, if you only care about this book being hilarious and relatable, then guess what? Youre in luck. But if you (like me) want the writer to be someone youd split a bowl of queso with? Then you couldnt have made a better choice.

MELISSA RADKE, author of Eat Cake. Be Brave. and star of USAs reality show The Radkes

I knew I loved Annas writing when I read about the fart that was heard (and smelled) around the world. But Anna is more than just a fartisteher writing sparkles with honesty, insight, and warmth. If youre hungry for deep, bowel-loosening laughs along with a side dish of humanity and understanding, then get yourself a copy of this book. (And maybe pick up an air freshener too.)

JOHANNA STEIN, author of How Not to Calm a Child on a Plane and award-winning television writer and producer

Well Laugh About This (Someday)

2021 Anna Lind Thomas

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Epub Edition June 2021 9781400221974

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Names: Thomas, Anna Lind, author.

Title: Well laugh about this (someday) : essays on taking life a smidge too seriously / Anna Lind Thomas.

Description: Nashville, Tennessee : Thomas Nelson, [2021] | Includes bibliographical references. | Summary: From popular humor writer and social media sensation Anna Lind Thomas comes an essay collection that is sure to make you laugh, cry, and cry from laughing as you discover how to take life a smidge less seriously-- Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021007006 (print) | LCCN 2021007007 (ebook) | ISBN 9781400221967 (paperback) | ISBN 9781400221974 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Conduct of life--Humor.

Classification: LCC PN6231.C6142 W46 2021 (print) | LCC PN6231.C6142 (ebook) | DDC 818/.602--dc23

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To my darling daughters, Lucy and Poppy

the most hilarious little women I know.

R ob and I were sitting outside a breakfast caf, sharing a gigantic cinnamon roll, when I asked how hed feel if I stopped working a full-time job to pursue writing. I still remember the way he casually gave me his blessing as if my idea werent an enormous, if not catastrophic, financial risk. He had left the air force and was a full-time nursing student. I mean, honestly, what was he thinking? But thats the way hes always been: a partner who moves completely out of the way so I can try my hardest to become the woman Id like to be.

I immediately got to work on a website I called HaHas for HooHas. My best friend, Jen, and I (youll notice Jen makes a lot of guest appearances in this book) created as much funny content for women as we could handle. I tried to post one funny essay per week, but I had a hard time coming up with material. I wasnt a good enough writer to make something interesting out of the mundane, so I needed outrageous stories to see me through the early yearsand didnt have a whole lot of outrageous experiences to share.

It all changed one night when my parents had Rob and me over for dinner. Somehow the conversation led me to recapping a funny story of when I had farted on one of our first dates. We all laughed and laughed, but eventually I needed to wrap things up and get home. I took one last bite of mostaccioli and said, Well, we better skedaddle. I have an essay I need to publish tomorrow on HooHas, and I have no idea what Im going to write about.

Head tilted, my mom said, Um, how about the story you just told us?

I had a late start the next morning and needed to get to a dentist appointment, but Id made a commitment to post an essay every Thursday morning, so I wasnt letting myself off the hook. In about thirty minutes I wrote an essay titled The Fart That (Almost) Altered My Destiny. We had very few followers at the time, so I thought maybe a handful of friends and family members would slap a Like on it and that would be that. I couldnt have imagined that a new friend Id met at a conference, a popular influencer, would read my essay and share it with her large audience. By the time I got home, my website had crashed.

I must say, Im constantly tempted to rewrite the fart story. To make it better, funnier, more well writtenwith fewer exclamation points. But its so loved, just as it is, that I think its best not to touch it. I share the story again in this book for all the fart story lovers. You know who you are!