Special Occasion Speech
Brad Marks
Speech to Sam and Emily at their wedding.
(Raise glass) May I have your attention please? For those who don’t know Sam is not only my best friend but also a brother. We go way back, growing up with each other since preschool. To the days where girls had cooties and where we would have never imagined getting married. Well here we are today, 25 years later, starting a new chapter in your life.
It truly is amazing how fast time flies. It feels like it was just yesterday we were ditching school to go get lunch at Portillos and then going back to school only to find ourselves ending up in Dean Chamberlin’s office getting in trouble for leaving school. I swear we spent half of high school in that office. I remember when we were applying for college and we applied to all the same schools thinking we would end up going to the same place. I know both of us were pretty sad when we realized that wasn’t going to happen. I’ll never forget the night before I was leaving for school and you came over to say bye. I was scared and nervous about a lot of things but mostly because for the first time in my life I wasn’t going to have my sidekick and wingman. I expressed that to you and what you said has stuck with me to this day. You said, “B, life is about attacking your comfort zone. You can’t grow as a person unless you step out of your comfort zone and experience things you’re not use to. We’re only going to be a phone call away and no matter what I will always be there for you.” For that, I can’t thank you enough as those few words changed my life. Those words are so true and I think you know you would have never met Emily unless you attacked your comfort zone, which brings me to my next point.
Emily, oh Emily. I think I speak on behalf of everyone here when I say you look absolutely beautiful tonight. First off, god bless you for putting up with this kid. What a handful it must be. But on a serious note, I can’t even tell you how happy I am that you guys found
Speech to Sam and Emily at their wedding.
(Raise glass) May I have your attention please? For those who don’t know Sam is not only my best friend but also a brother. We go way back, growing up with each other since preschool. To the days where girls had cooties and where we would have never imagined getting married. Well here we are today, 25 years later, starting a new chapter in your life.
It truly is amazing how fast time flies. It feels like it was just yesterday we were ditching school to go get lunch at Portillos and then going back to school only to find ourselves ending up in Dean Chamberlin’s office getting in trouble for leaving school. I swear we spent half of high school in that office. I remember when we were applying for college and we applied to all the same schools thinking we would end up going to the same place. I know both of us were pretty sad when we realized that wasn’t going to happen. I’ll never forget the night before I was leaving for school and you came over to say bye. I was scared and nervous about a lot of things but mostly because for the first time in my life I wasn’t going to have my sidekick and wingman. I expressed that to you and what you said has stuck with me to this day. You said, “B, life is about attacking your comfort zone. You can’t grow as a person unless you step out of your comfort zone and experience things you’re not use to. We’re only going to be a phone call away and no matter what I will always be there for you.” For that, I can’t thank you enough as those few words changed my life. Those words are so true and I think you know you would have never met Emily unless you attacked your comfort zone, which brings me to my next point.
Emily, oh Emily. I think I speak on behalf of everyone here when I say you look absolutely beautiful tonight. First off, god bless you for putting up with this kid. What a handful it must be. But on a serious note, I can’t even tell you how happy I am that you guys found