Last Tuesday I gave my tenth manual speech to win the Competent Communicator Award at the Dripping Springs Club. Amy Samet gave me the award. When I joined back in March I saw her win our area speech contest with this speech. She inspired me to work harder on my speaking. From there I was invited to go to the Spring Conference in May. There I saw her win our district contest and she inspired me again.

At the conference I got invited to visit a lot of other clubs. I became the ‘Travlin Toastmaster’ and visited four of them. I eventually joined the two that were closest to me so that I could make more speeches. It just so happened that Amy Samet was invited to the Dripping Springs Club to be the Toastmaster in a backwards meeting. What a special experience. The lady that inspired me got to see my tenth speech and present me the award. Thank you Amy Samet, you saved my life. I am sure that you have inspired a lot of us.