Funny Motivational Speaker Within an hour of waking up this morning… I’d dropped my favorite coffee cup; it shattered and splattered across my tile. I slipped on my icy driveway, scattering mail into open puddles. I found my best sweater in the dryer, shrunken to a 2T. “Everything’s going wrong, and it’s only Monday!”…
Funny Motivational Speaker “I can’t believe you feed kids this junk food at a HOSPITAL!” She complained to her son’s nurse. Her voice rising, along with the plate of chicken nuggets, she’d carried up to the nurses’ desk. As I slipped into the med room, I heard her begin listing her daily complaints: his room…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
Funny motivational speaker “Thanks again for putting the cheese grater up where I can’t reach it!” I snarled, grabbing a chair to stand on. Steve apologized, “Sorry, Amy, I didn’t realize it was too high for you.” This issue is an ongoing problem. Steve is 6′ 4″, I am 5′ 2″, so when storing kitchen…
Funny motivational speaker Watching Steve eat breakfast sometimes bugs me. He poaches the egg, places it on his plate, the cuts the egg to distribute evenly with the toast for each bite. Without looking at the phone, reading the newspaper or watching TV, he eats. If I ask him for help with something, Steve responds,…
Funny motivational speaker Recently my friend (let’s call her Pam) sneeringly talked about a co-worker who scheduled time off because she needs “me time.” “She is lazy.” Pam announced, her irritation was palpable. Instead of dismissing that negative emotion, we dug into it. Pam prides herself on being an extremely hard worker. Her co-workers often…