You think you’re funny and you’ve gathered enough courage to perform on a new talent night. What should you do? Memorize, memorize, memorize. Memorize your jokes and rehearse them to the best of your ability. Have a visual picture in your head o...

I’m looking at my two teenage boys sitting on the sofa as they watch reruns of “The Daily Show”. At ages 14 and 15, respectively, they are both gaining height as rapidly as I gain width from mid-life bulge. . Steven is a natural talker, a natural ...

I no longer believe in the community carnivals. How could this have happened? What’s becoming of me? Am I American? Am I even human? The community carnival is a summertime legend that causes the senses to dive into a pool of sensory delight. Wi...

I’m not sure that most women know that the change is coming. Most women aren’t even quite sure the change has arrived as they stand motionless in the eye of their own hurricane. Oddly enough, those dear men who accompany us through life and who we c...

“Maybe the mother’s a little odd!” I could feel their stares and hear imaginery whispers as I walked my three year old daughter Christine from the car across the endless parking lot to the dentist’s office. It was a brutally hot day ...

Every new mom is warned about the “terrible twos”- the time in your child’s life when he or she is transformed into a mobile destruction unit no longer capable of understanding the word “No”. Every mom comes out with her war stories of the child...

"Whatever you do - Don't marry a Felix Unger!" My sister makes reference to the super-tidy bachelor from The Odd Couple and I can see she truly believes in her heart that an Oscar Madison is the only way to go. She's got to be kidding! In al...

"Buy Now and Save!" Whoever came up with that slogan was a marketing genius. Words that strike at the heart of every woman as she opens the morning newspaper. A meaningless phrase that contains two words that pinpoint the center of the gathering fema...

I’m ready now. I’m ready to ride the world’s tallest roller coaster – a big powerful roller coast reaching 70 miles per hour, tipping, turning, spinning, hurling. The idea is mind boggling but I’ll take the plunge. I’m trying t...

“There’s no food in our house. There’s never any food in our house. Who ate all the brownies? I didn’t even get one. When is the next somebody is going to the store? There’s nothing to do today. I’m so bored. Why do I have to...

I’m ready now. I’m ready to ride the world’s tallest roller coaster – a big powerful roller coast reaching 70 miles per hour, tipping, turning, spinning, hurling. The idea is mind boggling but I’ll take the plunge. I’m trying to make m...

“There’s no food in our house. There’s never any food in our house. Who ate all the brownies? I didn’t even get one. When is the next somebody is going to the store? There’s nothing to do today. I’m so bored. Why do I have ...

I’m ready now. I’m ready to ride the world’s tallest roller coaster – a big powerful roller coast reaching 70 miles per hour, tipping, turning, spinning, hurling. The idea is mind boggling but I’ll take the plunge. I’m trying t...

I’m ready now. I’m ready to ride the world’s biggest roller coaster – a big powerful roller coast reaching 70 miles per hour, tipping, turning, spinning, hurling. The idea is mind boggling but I’ll take the plunge. I’m trying...

Sally Edwards is a nationally known corporate stand up comedian and motivational humorist. Her clean humor is ideal for corporate events, speaking engagements, conventions, church groups and trade shows. Visit comedybysally.com ...