A Reminder That Laughter is the Best Medicine
Watch as this very funny lady reminds us that laughter is the best medicine.
A friend of the couple who founded Home Instead Senior Care, Mary Maxwell was asked to give the invocation at the company's 2009 Convention. Initially it seemed like a normal prayer, but it soon took a very funny turn. Her deadpan delivery and lines like ...This is the first time I've ever been old... and it just sort of crept up on me ... soon had the franchise owners rolling in the aisles. With the timing of a professional comedian, Mary shines a very funny light on the foibles of aging, to the delight of this audience of senior-care experts.
Download a copy of the poem, Blessed In Aging (PDF 275KB), which Mary reads at the end of her prayer.
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October 27, 2011 at 8:45 am | Posted by Senior Comedian Headlines New Home Instead Senior Care Network Website | Upcoming Movie Guide
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October 27, 2011 at 12:55 am | Posted by Senior Comedian Headlines New Home Instead Senior Care Network Website | Free Movie Reviews
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October 26, 2011 at 2:37 pm | Posted by Justin Hospice
What a great prayer/speech. It sounds like you guys are doing some great things. I enjoyed the video that lady has a great sense of humor. I also do a lot of work with a Home Care Franchise and it is a very fulfilling career and I really enjoy it.
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October 20, 2011 at 7:10 am | Posted by Hospitals Prescribed Humor to Patients | hormones
[...] VIDEO: This senior woman gives aging a good chuckle and does it in front of a room full of people. Click here to watch how she does it. [...]
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October 19, 2011 at 6:43 am | Posted by Hospitals Prescribed Humor to Patients | My Blog
[...] VIDEO: This senior woman gives aging a good chuckle and does it in front of a room full of people. Click here to watch how she does it. [...]
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October 8, 2011 at 8:21 am | Posted by NRI Parents Association,Vadodara, Gujarat » Blog Archive » Laughter is the Best Medicine
[...] Watch this very funny lady reminds us that laughter is the best medicine. [...]
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October 5, 2011 at 10:50 pm | Posted by Angela McKnight
I just love it. This is one reason why I love helping seniors. They surely do know what to do and when to say it. Angela
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September 27, 2011 at 3:13 pm | Posted by Joe Brandy
Humor is contagious - I'm 83 - never been this old before - with all the pills, medicines, doctors I'm using, I'll can ramble on tomorrow. "Please Mr Custer, I don't want to go" A little morbidity: "Hark ye class of forty-five who shared so much those early years He who is the last to die will ne'er be known by any of his peers.
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September 25, 2011 at 10:28 pm | Posted by marylyn blackwell
Is it possible to get a copy of Mary's speech? Does she have other speeches? I truly enjoyed her humor and would like to share it with some of my friends who don't have e-mail. I have friends in Nebraska, is that where you are located? Thank Your.
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September 23, 2011 at 12:49 pm | Posted by Judi Wett
I am also 72 and enjoyed listening to this prayer. I wish my children would watch and listen to Mary, maybe the would be a little more understanding.
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September 23, 2011 at 7:13 am | Posted by Eileen Blaha
Tomorrow is Near. The struggle each day the challenges we face, seniors do what they can at their own pace. All the attention we are given in our elder years, is that out of kindness or just your own fears. Yes, Life does go on, but we try to live each day, knowing we are still loved, in every way.
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September 21, 2011 at 3:36 pm | Posted by Donna Dow
Absolutely the best short jokes I've heard--the mammo one is the best!
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September 21, 2011 at 1:26 am | Posted by Christina Jean Berg
She was absolutely wonderful ... I am posting her on my FaceBook Page. I am only 44 yrs old. but have been a Registered Nursing Assistant for 30 years & only stopped because I became disabled due to my job. But I loved every minute of it. And I lovedfinding jokes & stories to read to my clients & my mom sent this to me & I sat here laughing by myself on a tuesday night at 12:28 am. Thank you ... Love, Christina Jean Berg
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September 19, 2011 at 4:15 pm | Posted by Laugh A Little | Dover First Baptist
[...] LAUGH A LITTLE – A lady, who is a resident of a retirement community, was asked to give the invocation at a dinner convention of retirement community managers. She does so, but then decides to add a few words of her own. Go click on: here. [...]
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September 19, 2011 at 8:29 am | Posted by Andy
How can I get a copy of this speech? Thanks, Andy
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