M A I D
O F
H O N O R
S P E E C H
For
Emma
&
Daniel
Saturday
,
June
13, 2026 ·
The
Gardens
at
Willow
Creek
·
Hudson
Valley
,
New
York
Delivered
by
Sarah
Mitchell
·
College
roommate
&
maid
of
honor
Good
evening
,
everyone
.
I
'
m
Sarah
—
Emma
'
s
college
roommate
,
and
the
person
she
called
at
2
:
00
a
.
m
.
the
night
before
every
final
for
four
years
straight
.
I
'
ve
known
Emma
since
move
-
in
day
of
freshman
year
.
She
knocked
on
my
door
—
arms
full
of
a
lava
lamp
and
a
poster
of
the
Swiss
Alps
—
and
asked
,
very
seriously
,
if
I
'
d
ever
seen
lava
actually
move
.
I
told
her
I
hadn
'
t
.
And
so
,
at
six
o
'
clock
on
our
very
first
night
of
college
,
we
sat
on
the
floor
of
room
214
and
watched
that
lamp
for
a
solid
forty
-
five
minutes
.
It
was
the
first
of
about
a
thousand
conversations
that
started
nowhere
and
ended
everywhere
.
In
four
years
,
Emma
was
the
one
who
dragged
me
to
the
library
when
I
wanted
to
quit
.
She
was
the
one
who
turned
a
box
of
dining
-
hall
pancake
mix
into
“
breakfast
for
dinner
night
.”
She
packed
my
bag
for
every
spring
break
trip
,
because
she
knows
—
she
has
always
known
—
that
I
will
forget
my
own
toothbrush
but
never
forget
a
conversation
.
So
when
Dan
came
along
,
I
took
it
very
seriously
.
I
asked
her
,
gently
,
who
this
person
was
.
And
she
said
the
most
un
-
Emma
thing
I
have
ever
heard
her
say
.
She
said
: “
He
'
s
the
only
person
who
'
s
ever
made
me
forget
to
check
my
phone
.”
From
the
girl
with
the
color
-
coded
calendar
,
the
emergency
snack
,
and
the
backup
charger
in
her
bag
at
all
times
—
that
was
the
highest
compliment
she
has
ever
given
a
human
being
.
Dan
,
thank
you
.
Thank
you
for
making
her
laugh
at
the
things
she
'
s
too
polite
to
laugh
at
.
Thank
you
for
being
the
calm
to
her
beautiful
,
organized
chaos
.
And
thank
you
for
holding
her
hair
back
—
though
she
will
absolutely
deny
that
she
ever
needed
you
to
.
Emma
—
I
have
watched
you
plan
this
wedding
the
way
you
planned
every
group
project
:
with
a
spreadsheet
,
a
backup
spreadsheet
,
and
a
timeline
that
started
six
months
early
.
And
through
all
of
it
,
I
have
never
seen
you
this
calm
.
Because
you
aren
'
t
doing
it
alone
anymore
.
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You
two
are
proof
that
the
whole
thing
works
.
And
I
'
ve
been
lucky
enough
to
have
a
front
-
row
seat
to
the
beginning
.
(
Raise
your
glass
.)
To
Emma
and
Daniel
.
To
the
late
nights
that
turn
into
early
mornings
.
To
the
arguments
about
the
dishes
—
may
they
be
few
,
and
may
the
takeout
be
great
.
To
the
two
of
you
,
and
to
a
love
that
looks
this
easy
because
it
is
this
hard
.
May
you
never
stop
making
each
other
laugh
—
to
Emma
and
Dan
.
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