Wedding Songs To Introduce Bridal Party

property of thomas r. castlesspeech as given on june 23, 2012 at the wedding of mr. & mrs. michael r. smith so. i'd like to start with a diddy about howthese two met that is if there's anyone here who has notactually heard yet. one day at a bar, at a tgifwas a charming young man on the stool to my

Wedding Songs To Introduce Bridal Party, lefthe started to talk and i didn't resist and he smiled and he told me his name waschris he knew all the bartenders and all of thestaff and we had a few beers and a couple of laughsin very short order, i was comfy with him

until a bit later when my daughter came in she came in to meet me and sue after workand in true jessica fashion, said, "who is this jerk?"yeah, she's tough on the boys, we call it "direct"she's a little high strung, so it has this effect i remember he said she was a true beautyas he secretly tried to check out her booty he looked and he strained for a good angleof view until i said, chris, she's a foot taller thanyou! he backed off and he said that he'd recommendthat i think about having her meet his good

friendhe said the guy was beyond reproach a teacher, a master's degree and a coach the kind of a guy that a mother could loveclearly a saint that he thought the world ofit took quite a while for him to persuade but i finally agreed, hey, this match couldbe made so mike got a text saying essentially, "wow!â€”stop what you're doing and get over here, now!i think she's a model and she's got it all and she really likes guys that are especiallytall" so believe it or don't, but it really is truethat this union started in a bar, over brew

it may seem a bit crazy-ohi gotta give props here to christopher fazio and since i have mentioned the boys of theday special thanks to my son, tom, today for thesong that he played an ode from the altar, to the left and aboveapropos to the day, it's called "storybook love" special mention to jeffrey, whose role asbest man he lost 25 pounds on his own master planand to david, mike's brother, who's long haired and gallantand you might know him from america's got talent (it's true!)

there's chris, who i mentioned, and then mikeyk who you shouldn't confuse with mike keller,today and finally jay, michael's high school personawho made it today, despite moving to ar'zona now i know that you noticed the girls, hotas hades the bridesmaids, the girlies, the bride'sspecial ladies there is meg, maid of honor, jess' cousinand friend they've been buds since they're babies andwill be til the end from pa, we have moira, who's been nothingbut awesome pretty and smart and sweet as spring blossomsmy friend maribel who wears the beach glow

is as kind and as warm hearted as you'll everknow and then lovely jaya, who's always smilingshe doesn't believe me when i say it's beguiling and christine, or teeny, the artistic teacherin small packages come the most wonderful creatures and lorin, the queen of the cotton eyed joelorin, i'm hoping to see the pimp hat, you knowand sweet carolyn mooney, the volleyball nut bachelorette party planner of red-headed-sluts most of you know that my dad passed awaythree years in july and we miss him each day and sharon, my sister, soon after was calledand yes i am sad, but i'm mostly enthralled

cause can't you just hear their celestialhail mary's since jess is the first castles or rusnakto marry to all of the groomsmen and all the bridesmaidsto all of our friends and families who came out in brigadesthank each of you as you're making this day and thank you for all of the parts that youplayed in a moment i'll talk about michael and jessbut first, the most beautiful woman here in the champagne dress i'm going to address this next part to mywife you are the fabric, the purpose and my reasonfor life

there is no sonnet or verse that has everbeen written that comes close to describing my level ofsmitten there's no author, nor playwright nor deftlibrettist can express what i feel after having beenkissed by the love of my life, my sweet susan clairemy love, my choice, to which none can compare i've said it before and i'll say it timesten if given the chance, i would do it againif some wondrous force took us back way back whenand the lives that we lived started over again i would find you and court you and make youmy wife

you're the fabric, the purpose and the reasonfor life. with that, i would like to address this directto the bride who for 26 years i have stood right besideon the day you were born you could follow my voiceeverything that you were would have been my first choice as a sweet toddler you always had questionsyou'd blast me with queries in rapid succession: "daddy, if the hedge is alive, does the hedgecutter hurt? when was god born, the same time as the earth?daddy, if a fish lives in water, then how does it drink?flamingoes eat shrimp and that's why they're

pink!" your school years were easy, and everyoneknew don't worry about jess, she will always shinethrough when you got older and hit the teen yearswe thought for sure you would realize our fears but it didn't happen, you still were a joythat is until you brought home your first boyremembering now that if you're going to date himi am the dad, it's my job to hate him you fathers of daughters will know what i'msaying

that much of our time is spent worrying andpraying many years of our lives are spent raisingour girls protecting and teaching, cultivating our pearls and when we succeed and they're babies nolonger when our girls become women, exponentiallystronger it's then we must face the sweeping frustrationof finding ourselves at this stunned revelation: success, when you're raising your sweet littlegirl? means that you lose her out into the world. so wait, this is not part of my plan!i do all this work and you run off with some

man?i'm sorry there mike if i'm popping your bubble but i've gotta point out that you, sir, arein trouble. i'm not so sure i signed up for this stuffletting go of my baby just might be too tough what makes you think i've agreed to this plan?running her off like a renaissance man you see her beauty and charm and world gracesi see pigtails and freckles and braces aren't you aware that you're taking my sweetie?running her off to hawaii or tahiti? whatever the case there, mr. smittyi know, she thinks you're all handsome and wittyperhaps we can find a negotiable point and like lightning i'll run her butt out ofthis joint

honestly, mike, and all kidding asidei happily turn over my girl as your bride it's easy to see all the love in your eyesyour attention to her and all it implies i see you consistently do the right thingi see the reactions in her that you bring i see her in private times singing your praiseand the light in her face describing her days and in all of the time since the two of youmet not one word of sorrow, or sad, or regreta match made in heaven if it ever was true the planets aligned here for jessica and you so, i'm going to end with a few thoughts thati chose and suggestions for life that i gently propose:

live every day with your love as a guidealways give more than your groom or your bride find in each other the funniest thingsand share with each other when your heart sings and no truer words have ever been pennedthan the crux of your love is just being best friendsfrom this day on you are never alone wherever you are it is your spouse that'syour home and when time has passed and the two of youage and your lives are about to turn the lastpage you'll see not the wrinkles, nor the old,nor the gray

instead you'll see yourselves as you are onthis day i hope that you'll give life to my early repriseand that you'll say to each other from tired old eyes: "there's no romeo nor juliet that ever was,is or will be that could ever compare to what is you andme i said it before and i'll say it times tengiven the chance, i would do it again if some wondrous force took us back way backwhen and the lives that we've lived started overagain i'd again find you and court you as husbandor wife

you're the fabric, the purpose and my reasonfor life" i am proud and honored at this uniongod speed, mr. & mrs. michael robert smith.