How This Dad Nearly Ruined His Daughters Wedding With This Speech He Gave
It’s not really about the words (is it?)
My daughter is getting married tomorrow.
Like, as I write this, on a Thursday in 2021, my daughter’s wedding day is happening in just about 30'ish hours from now. It’s very real, and visceral, and emotional.
Especially the part where people keep asking me if I have my speech prepared.
I mean, I know I’m supposed to give a speech at the reception. Something that is supposed to share moments of her childhood, her becoming a woman, and how she and her new husband should have an eternity of love. The bullet points are pretty “wedding” standard.
But I can’t stop crying.
The thing about “can’t stop crying” is that I didn’t quite feel this same way when my first daughter was married. Don’t get me wrong. It was very emotional, but there’s something more here. Something I cannot quite figure out and wrap my mind around.
Maybe it’s because she’s my youngest and final daughter to give away?
Perhaps it’s because I’ve been overseas up until seven days ago and was able to fly in for this occasion?
Or maybe it’s because of the pandemic and how this is a sense of…
