Funny motivational speaker He wore a fire-red tie, sat with his arms folded tightly over his chest, and appeared to be smirking throughout my keynote address. “He hates me,” I thought, forcing myself to ignore his negative energy, I honed in on the hundreds of smiling audience members who were laughing at my stories…
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Funny motivational speaker Amy Dee’s blog; As I kid, my water came from the tap, telephones hung on the wall, and we sent letters by USPS. I wouldn’t have believed that one day, we’d purchase water in bottles, carry a phone in our pockets, send and receive mail in seconds. Someone thought outside the…
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Funny motivational speaker In the 1980s, a friend asked if I would help him MC at a new comedy club. He’d do a one-weekend shift of Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, and I would do the next weekend. We got $20 a night and free alcohol. My job was to warm up the audience with 15…
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Funny motivational speaker Last week a friend of mine took her Mom to the ER. After the exam and while waiting for lab results, she overheard some nursing staff laughing about her mom’s very personal and embarrassing health problem. My friend felt hurt by the unkind comments she heard. Recently, Steve waited at our car dealership…
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Funny motivational speaker My parents were avid antique collectors. As kids we spent Saturdays at auctions, eating ham salad sandwiches while Mom and Dad bid on old cupboards and chairs that Mom would later refinish and reupholster. We spent weekends at flea markets where they’d eyeball unusual knickknacks for chips and cracks and china for…
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Funny motivational speaker Last Saturday, Steve gave me a box of chocolates and a Valentine’s Day card that said … “Enjoy the next seven days. Say YES and know that you deserve to be treated like a Queen. I love you so much, and I’m so proud of you. Happy Valentine’s Day. One day is just…
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Funny motivational speaker While living in Norway (years ago), my ex-husband and I started a photo calendar business that became very successful. To outsiders, it looked as though we ran a flawless operation. Truthfully, we made one blunder after another. Our problems started the very first day when we realized that we had NO IDEA…
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Funny motivational speaker The plastic key ring banged against the hotel door as Dad fidgeted with the lock. “It’s after midnight, they better be asleep,” Mom added. My two brothers and I jumped into our hotel beds, pulled wrinkled sheets up to our faces, and pretended to be asleep. My eyes squeezed shut, my heart…
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Funny motivational speaker “Are you the one who made that fried chicken a few weeks ago? It was so crispy with just enough spice!” she exclaimed, turning away to wiping off her little girl’s hands. “You brought the fried chicken? The mashed potatoes and gravy were homemade, right? It sure tasted good!” another woman said…
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Funny motivational speaker When I married my ex-husband Kurt in 1990, thirteen of his family and friends came from Norway for our wedding celebration in the United States. Within this group of Norwegian guests were Kurt’s brother’s seventy-year-old in-laws, Ingrid and Rolf. Ingrid wanted to bring a bit of Norwegian tradition to our wedding feast,…
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