G
M A I D
O F
H O N O R
S P E E C H
Emma & Daniel
Delivered
by
Rachel
Kim
·
Maid
of
Honor
&
College
Roommate
October
4, 2026
The
Gardens
at
Stonebridge
ood
evening
,
everyone
.
For
those
of
you
who
don
'
t
know
me
,
I
’
m
Rachel
—
Emma
’
s
maid
of
honor
and
,
for
four
years
,
her
college
roommate
.
That
means
I
’
ve
seen
her
at
her
absolute
best
.
And
also
at
three
in
the
morning
before
finals
,
folded
over
a
biochemistry
textbook
with
a
mug
of
cold
coffee
.
I
have
been
given
very
specific
instructions
not
to
elaborate
—
so
I
won
’
t
.
(
At
least
,
not
tonight
.)
Freshman
year
,
we
were
matched
by
a
roommate
questionnaire
.
I
asked
for
“
tidy
,
quiet
,
asleep
by
eleven
.”
Instead
,
I
got
a
girl
who
strung
fairy
lights
over
her
half
of
the
room
on
day
one
and
had
befriended
our
entire
floor
by
the
end
of
the
first
week
.
That
’
s
Emma
.
She
doesn
’
t
just
walk
into
a
room
—
she
makes
the
room
better
by
being
in
it
.
Somewhere
in
that
first
year
,
she
became
the
person
I
called
when
I
was
homesick
.
And
later
,
the
person
I
called
when
I
actually
needed
to
come
home
.
She
sat
with
me
through
breakups
,
family
drama
,
and
a
truly
alarming
number
of
late
-
night
pizzas
.
I
used
to
say
I
’
d
be
lucky
to
find
a
friend
like
Emma
.
Turns
out
,
I
just
had
to
fill
out
a
form
.
Then
Daniel
came
along
.
I
first
heard
about
“
Dan
from
the
coffee
shop
”
about
three
weeks
before
I
met
him
.
He
’
d
asked
her
what
she
was
reading
,
shown
up
the
next
day
with
a
book
he
thought
she
’
d
like
,
and
she
read
the
whole
thing
in
one
night
.
I
remember
thinking
—
okay
.
This
one
’
s
different
.
And
he
is
.
Dan,
you
’
re
the
calm
to
her
spark
,
and
she
is
the
spark
to
your
calm
.
With
her
,
you
laugh
harder
.
With
you
,
she
finally
slows
down
enough
to
enjoy
the
life
she
’
s
always
been
so
good
at
building
.
You
two
just
make
sense
—
the
kind
of
sense
that
’
s
genuinely
rare
.
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So
,
one
piece
of
marriage
advice
from
someone
who
lived
with
the
bride
for
three
years
:
let
Emma
have
the
last
word
.
(
It
’
s
easier
.)
She
lifts
her
glass
.
To
Emma
and
Daniel
—
to
the
coffee
shop
,
to
the
book
she
read
in
one
night
,
and
to
every
page
you
write
from
here
.
May
your
love
keep
growing
,
may
your
arguments
stay
small
,
and
may
they
always
be
about
who
gets
the
last
bite
of
dessert
.
To Emma and Dan!
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