Funny Prayer about Getting Old - Home Instead

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With the timing of a professional comedian, this diminutive "little old lady" shines a very funny light on the foibles of aging, to the delight of an audience filled with senior-care experts.
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 ... had everyone rolling in the aisles.
For more of Mary's unique view on aging, check out her video blog on CaregiverStress.com:
www.caregiverstress.com/voice/...
Find out more at www.homeinstead.com.

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  • @lee2tre
    @lee2tre13 жыл бұрын

    She speaks beautifully

  • @DONGOE
    @DONGOE13 жыл бұрын

    I love this lady !

  • @KevHeadUSA
    @KevHeadUSA13 жыл бұрын

    She should take this show on the road.

  • @faiththomas1749
    @faiththomas174910 жыл бұрын

    Bless all the elderly , especially Miss Mary Maxwell, comedians take note this is where your career started

  • @shanna1950-2812
    @shanna1950-281214 жыл бұрын

    what a wonderful wonderful lady. Truly Grand Dame. Hope I'll be as witty as she is when I grow to be 72. Another 12.5 years

  • @placidair
    @placidair13 жыл бұрын

    She's AWESOME!

  • @wagnereg
    @wagnereg13 жыл бұрын

    Mary YOU ROCK!!

  • @Shellyz2u
    @Shellyz2u13 жыл бұрын

    All I can say is Thank You!

  • @WOcoFunnies
    @WOcoFunnies13 жыл бұрын

    just when i started thinking about getting old.Awesome laugh and true.

  • @CaptElaine
    @CaptElaine13 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful... this lady is so charming.... and FUNNY

  • @WhiteNacho
    @WhiteNacho13 жыл бұрын

    Brought a tear to my eye.

  • @hezahonker
    @hezahonker13 жыл бұрын

    Hilarious. God Bless Mary and Home Instead.

  • @bobbodro
    @bobbodro13 жыл бұрын

    I'm 85 been through that stuff looking forward to what is going to happen in the future. Very funny stuff hope she keeps passing this stuff along. Bob B.

  • @SluvsJ52948
    @SluvsJ5294813 жыл бұрын

    i love how she does this without any expression at all!!!!!!!

  • @MsZombiepup
    @MsZombiepup10 жыл бұрын

    I´m 50 years old ToDay, I already know what she is talking about. Just loved this post!

  • @lioniella
    @lioniella13 жыл бұрын

    I Volunteer at an old folks' home each week. Then recently I fell and broke 3 ribs and now have someone coming in every second day to shower me and clean the house. I thought I understood how the oldies must feel in that home. But now that I have spent three whole weeks in their shoes I have a better understanding. And thank you Mary for making my ribs ache with healing laughter!

  • @customsbroker6145
    @customsbroker614510 жыл бұрын

    I love the way she delivered her prayer. It may sounds funny but hearth warming truth about growing old. Blessed are you.

  • @anny31
    @anny3113 жыл бұрын

    fabulous! im a cna at a nursing home and i know all shes talking about! good job!

  • @StevenPolakoff101
    @StevenPolakoff10113 жыл бұрын

    She has great comedic timing--total deadpan--absolutely perfect

  • @Sewnknit
    @Sewnknit13 жыл бұрын

    What a joy! She hits the nail on the head.

  • @HomeInsteadInc
    @HomeInsteadInc13 жыл бұрын

    @chamles Yes, Mary has great wit and a great attitude to go with it!

  • @Toomsubanite
    @Toomsubanite13 жыл бұрын

    As I wake to get older each day, I look in the mirror and thank God that He has a since of humor!

  • @classicallady
    @classicallady13 жыл бұрын

    Madam you are absolutely delightful and I just ask the Lord I might get her spirits when I hit her age. Such wit and joy! All the very best to you all!

  • @margaretouwehand3265
    @margaretouwehand326510 жыл бұрын

    this is what I am talking about, it is really good, blessed are the seniors everywhere!! Merry Christmas!!

  • @seesee61
    @seesee6113 жыл бұрын

    She is just as cute as she can be!!

  • @OCDTraci
    @OCDTraci10 жыл бұрын

    I love old people.

  • @RhymeWirePoetry
    @RhymeWirePoetry13 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant !

  • @JimPelley
    @JimPelley14 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic and Funny

  • @KurellJulien
    @KurellJulien13 жыл бұрын

    Way to go Mary, I am sure you're an inspiration to a lot of women..

  • @msk.johnson5102
    @msk.johnson510210 жыл бұрын

    I needed a good laugh. I hate to say this but I do know a few things she is talking about. Like going to work and someone telling me I have two different earrings on. I can't tell u how many times someone has told me I have lipstick on my teeth. It is a wonderful thing that someone can make being older funny. She knows how to deal with getting old.

  • @playbonb3
    @playbonb313 жыл бұрын

    That hilarious and simply excellent!

  • @mangoditreviso
    @mangoditreviso13 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely marvellous. Thank you for sharing.

  • @DrMarilynJoyce
    @DrMarilynJoyce13 жыл бұрын

    This literally had me falling off my chair laughing. Her deadpan style is precious and her joy for life is truly apparent. This perspective is the only one to have as we gain in years - and of course in wisdom... :-)

  • @jimzmum
    @jimzmum13 жыл бұрын

    Love it! Bravo!

  • @Racingirl911
    @Racingirl91110 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂😂 I absolutely and thoroughly enjoyed her "prayer"!!! Thanks for making my day a lot brighter!!!! 💗💗💗

  • @TeePetersen
    @TeePetersen13 жыл бұрын

    OMG, she has great timing and all too accurate description of those of us in the aging population and the foibles we face.

  • @MarySmith-yb2bj
    @MarySmith-yb2bj10 жыл бұрын

    Awesome for us aged!

  • @barracudaracer
    @barracudaracer14 жыл бұрын

    OMG this is to funny, I love it!!

  • @FredSpade
    @FredSpade13 жыл бұрын

    Not only is the delivery that of a pro, the writing is top notch as well. It just goes to show you're never too old to discover your inner comedian. Beautiful.

  • @Dallas-Nyberg
    @Dallas-Nyberg13 жыл бұрын

    Her wonderful humour of reminded me of Erma Bombeck - this was wonderful to watch -- it made my day..... Thank you for posting.................now..... where's that post button again?...

  • @cowgirlmoon
    @cowgirlmoon13 жыл бұрын

    This is WONDERFUL! Thank you for posting this.... and thank you, Mary, for your great sense of humor! God bless!

  • @TheTammyMcDaniel
    @TheTammyMcDaniel14 жыл бұрын

    This was incredible! Mary is so very sweet & witty. I loved the wine comment :-)

  • @campenkid
    @campenkid13 жыл бұрын

    It's great to see I'll be among other like- minded seniors when I arrive at the doorstep of old age and that there might be room, at a table of them that can still laugh, for me to join in. thank you for sharing this wonderful footage.

  • @TonyaMae
    @TonyaMae13 жыл бұрын

    BRAVO!!!!!

  • @Lachance8
    @Lachance813 жыл бұрын

    Hilarious! Love this! Love humor! Thanks for the laughs!

  • @denisemagill7851
    @denisemagill785110 жыл бұрын

    Such a beautiful and exquisite way of looking at aging - with honesty and good cheer. For old age is one life's greatest gifts. The idea that you develop, mature, and evolve with this complex blueprint called the universe. That your acceptance of your growing old reveals that you are significant and ineffably beautiful.

  • @felinepm
    @felinepm10 жыл бұрын

    Funny Prayer about Getting Old at the Caregiver of the Year Dinner So funny and sweet :)

  • @robertmunoz2364

    @robertmunoz2364

    10 жыл бұрын

    Mary Maxwell hilarious old lady.Bless her heart !

  • @debishannon6015
    @debishannon601510 жыл бұрын

    wonderful, good for Mary

  • @kyolym
    @kyolym13 жыл бұрын

    THE ORIGINAL MAXINE!

  • @BeamMeUpSkippy
    @BeamMeUpSkippy10 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful.

  • @anmana7
    @anmana713 жыл бұрын

    Mary, you should be a comedian!

  • @skbnvacaville
    @skbnvacaville12 жыл бұрын

    She's KILLIN' IT!!! I drove into the wrong end of a car wash recently ....and a friend of mine also looked down at my feet recently and said, "Why do you have two totally different shoes on??" I'm screaming with laughter over here. She may not have the "Moves Of Mick Jagger" but she's killin' it!

  • @joguio
    @joguio13 жыл бұрын

    I so needed this at this precise moment! How utterly awesome and uplifting. It does place things in perspective, yes?

  • @TheRushour3
    @TheRushour313 жыл бұрын

    Epic.

  • @passionforthepeople
    @passionforthepeople13 жыл бұрын

    This is so awesome!

  • @muie5
    @muie513 жыл бұрын

    what cracks me up is people really think she's 72 and weighs 145 lbs. That's part of the joke. I'd like to know how old she really is, but, of course, that would be rude to ask!

  • @Mapleleafpete
    @Mapleleafpete13 жыл бұрын

    Awesome,i loved this so much,you rock Grama :)

  • @fiddlestix2006
    @fiddlestix200614 жыл бұрын

    GREAT !!!

  • @monty_reneepearison3053
    @monty_reneepearison305310 жыл бұрын

    Such a wit!

  • @Avion1929
    @Avion192913 жыл бұрын

    The hair...OH DEAR GAWD THE HAIR IS ATTACHED!!!

  • @dreamchaisr1
    @dreamchaisr110 жыл бұрын

    Oh my god...was fixing to click off thinking this is just another just like any other prayer....then she reeled me in with"uh uh oh I'm sorry God, as long as I have the microphone".... and when it came to the "it's the first time I've been this old... well, I'm all in and thanks! This made me laugh my head off!

  • @yenguccia
    @yenguccia13 жыл бұрын

    you're so lovable!!!

  • @gdeussing11
    @gdeussing1112 жыл бұрын

    lol oh arch bishop im so srry

  • @soneelita
    @soneelita10 жыл бұрын

    GOOD THING THE ASIAN CULTURE AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS RESPECT AND LOOK AFTER THE OLDER GENERATION

  • @TheMetaphorGolf
    @TheMetaphorGolf10 жыл бұрын

    Great!

  • @WoundedEgo
    @WoundedEgo10 жыл бұрын

    Witty lady!

  • @Tes2fy
    @Tes2fy13 жыл бұрын

    @MrKungfu2 Just because her deadpan humor lacked vulgarity, profanity, or otherwise off-color humor doesn't mean that she wasn't funny. I personally found her to be quite entertaining, and rather hilarious. Please allow me to ask you, fellow KZread user, does it really suck to be you?

  • @MarySmith-yb2bj
    @MarySmith-yb2bj10 жыл бұрын

    Oh my how i laughed

  • @searchmarketingcompany4937
    @searchmarketingcompany493710 жыл бұрын

    ended a professional comedian

  • @berndogmacneil9178
    @berndogmacneil917810 жыл бұрын

    lmao.jerry seinfeld should be taking notes..to funny

  • @Paul_Ivanish
    @Paul_Ivanish11 жыл бұрын

    comedienne :)

  • @FRANKVISION
    @FRANKVISION10 жыл бұрын

    LOL :-)- I found myself nearly sharp enough to predict many of her punch lines- but i failed in response to the bishop's 'are you coming- - home- - w/ me' - i thought perhaps she might have quipped - 'depends upon your vision and driving skill'

  • @jshads88
    @jshads8813 жыл бұрын

    after seeing this im certain i dont wanna get old

  • @netjet2020
    @netjet202013 жыл бұрын

    God bless you, AMEN. ROFLMAO

  • @paularulchandranabraham2800
    @paularulchandranabraham280010 жыл бұрын

    Dear Mary, Interesting: Thank you Mary Maxwell: I wish & praying for you! take care: if you have time kindly refer the Scripture: Psalms 90:3-10 3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men. 4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. 5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. 6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. 7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. 8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. 9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. 10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. Sincerely, In Jesus Christ and his grip SERVANT Paul A C Abraham,

  • @sharonpotere3061
    @sharonpotere306110 жыл бұрын

    Is this really the mother of Bill Gates??????

  • @ReligionandJesus
    @ReligionandJesus13 жыл бұрын

    TOO LONG BUT FUNNY

  • @shanna1950-2812
    @shanna1950-281214 жыл бұрын

    what a wonderful wonderful lady. Truly Grand Dame. Hope I'll be as witty as she is when I grow to be 72. Another 12.5 years

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