Life Is Tough: I Doubt I'll Make It Out Alive

by Stacy Gooch-Anderson

Stacy Anderson, author of The Santa Letters, has had her share of trials as a mother. From making decisions about her career and future to dealing with illness in her family, she has learned that life... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1599551764
• ISBN13: 9781599551760
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Cedar Fort
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Delightful book about finding the joy in life.

This was, quite simply, a delightful book about finding the joy in life. Stacy Gooch-Anderson, author of The Santa Letters, has written a book of humorous vignettes about the ups and downs of motherhood and life in general. Stacy shares 28 lessons that she has learned over the course of her life, and with each lesson we see how she, not only, grew from the experience, but changed her perspective. With lessons like, "Life is like a roller coaster. You can scream every time you hit a bump or throw up your arms and enjoy the ride" to "Sometimes it's better to leap first and then look. The view might scare you otherwise", we learn that humor is the best way to deal with life's challenges. Stacy has taken her life is tough concept and recognized that we all need "life savers" in our lives to help us make it through. That life saver could be a person helping you out, or a thought that brightens your day and gives you something to ponder.

Life lessons for moms served up with laughter

Life lessons learned through one mother's journey is what readers will discover when they open the pages of "Life is Tough - I Doubt I'll Make It Out Alive" by Stacy Gooch- Anderson. Already a fan of Stacy Gooch-Anderson and her book "The Santa Letters", I was thrilled to be asked to review "Life is Tough". Gooch-Anderson has a way of touching the heart like few authors can; and here, her skills shine through in a funny and often tender way, as she shares with readers twenty-eight lessons she has learned from her own parents and her journey through motherhood. From embarrassing home movies, to the challenges of learning to ski; from Daddy's little girl, to married woman; from a first-time mother, to the ruler over four unique and challenging boys, and from her role as daughter to her role as family matriarch, Stacy Gooch-Anderson's lessons will leave you laughing so hard that you cry, and crying along with her as she deals with the loss of a child and the loss of both parents to cancer. Perhaps, having lost my mother to cancer when I was just a girl helped me relate to the emotions the author shares as she watches her father struggle with the disease, but still maintain his positive outlook on life. And perhaps I cried a few extra tears as Gooch-Anderson tells of her mother asking her to become the "mother bird" who would watch over her siblings "like a hawk". Overall, though there sad moments like these in every mother's life, the majority of the book shares the joys of motherhood: watching your children grow, looking back to laugh upon the challenges they have brought to your life, the pride you feel in them, and the days you threatened to sell them to the Indians (at least that's what my parents always said they would do). "Life is Tough - I Doubt I'll Make It Out Alive" is the perfect gift for mothers, grandmothers, step-mothers, sisters, and aunts who have traveled and who are traveling along the wonderful, and sometimes difficult, journey of motherhood. It is my hope, that Stacy Gooch-Anderson comes out with another title soon. I'll be the first in line to buy a copy.

Great Humor In Being A Mom!!!!

This little gem of a book teaches us that life is tough, but by using humor and laughter in our everyday life, we can make it out alive. Stacy sets her book out in 28 lessons and each one teaches us a bit more perspective on each little situation that sometimes gets to us. The fact that we're all beset by the little or big stresses we have, it's how we handle it with grace, courage and humor that lets us build our character. This book I enjoyed reading to my wonderful hubby, even letting him read a lesson to me. This is a great book for husbands and wives to read together. I highly recommend this book.