Dee Dee believes life is an amazing journey when we choose to make it that way, every day. Known for inspirational stories and plastic pink flamingoes, Dee Dee blends real life with an authentic concern for each of us to live a life of service by first taking care of ourselves. Perfect for care giver and women's conferences, Dee Dee shares the gifts described in her book, Dear Mom: Remembering, Celebrating, Healing, as she helps audiences give themselves the gits of life so they can be there for those they love.
Life Keynotes & Seminars
High Tide on the Prairie: Making the Journey Great
High Tide is an inspirational keynote or seminar that inspires individuals to take the journey of nurturing themselves first—by filling their own emotional reservoirs—to strengthen themselves for service, leadership and life. Dee Dee guides audiences to give themselves five gifts: self-love, a positive, can-do attitude, focus, courage, and the legacy of our past—the values that strengthen us. With real stories that connect to the heart and inspiration from Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s classic, Gifts from the Sea, Dee Dee shares the journey from a prairie lake to the ocean, and her own decisions to create a “high tide” in life, regardless of what the journey brings.
Remembering & Celebrating Our Loved Ones through Story
Speaking from a heart healed from losing her mom, Dee Dee embraces her journey of healing and shares with audiences the simple, authentic process she uses to help them find their own stories. Humorous, serious, interactive and refreshing, Dee Dee helps audiences identify and celebrate, and pass on. Both keynote presentation and workshop.
Finding Your Pink Flamingos
The journey of remembering and celebrating her mother's life led Dee Dee to discover the gifts of values hidden in that ordinary life lived on an ordinary prairie. Pink flamingos which embarrassed Dee Dee as a child are now a metaphor for her mother's values, and form the basis for a humorous, yet serious journey of helping others find their pink flamingos. The formula? Take the journey into the ordinary, taken for granted Mom and find your treasures!
Dad & Dave
A daughter of a WWII veteran and mother-in-law of a soldier who served 22 months in Iraq, Dee Dee shares a heartfelt tribute to two men separated by 60 years, but who each taught her lessons of real love for a flag, a country and freedom. Perfect for veterans groups and Memorial Day celebrations.
Quote on Life's Journey
"I am blessed by the gifts of my mother's life--the love, life lessons and legacy of values that make my journey great."
~Dee Dee Raap
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