you have got to be shitting me: life rarely checks

Life doesn’t come with instructions. It doesn’t pause, warn you, or ask if you’re ready. It just keeps happening.

In "…you have got to be shitting me," Kelly O. Henry shares a collection of true stories about the moments that stop you cold, make you laugh out loud, or leave you shaking your head in disbelief.

From childhood misadventures and teenage decisions to marriage, motherhood, career chaos, and caring for the people she loves most, these stories capture what it feels like to live through the everyday unpredictability of life — and survive it with humor intact.

There are coal bins and broken trees. Toothpick disasters and flying fact sheets. Teenage logic. Parenting blur. Professional composure held together by sheer willpower. Grandchildren, hospital waiting rooms, and the quiet realization that sometimes you are far more capable than you ever imagined.

Told with sharp honesty, dry humor, and reflections that linger long after the laughter fades, this memoir reminds us that most things are funny — until they’re your responsibility.

And when life doesn’t check first, sometimes the only reasonable response is the one you’re already thinking.

If you’ve ever found yourself whispering (or shouting), “you have got to be shitting me,” this book is for you.