M A I D
O F
H O N O R
S P E E C H
To
Sarah
&
David
A
toast
to
nineteen
years
of
friendship
and
a
lifetime
of
love
Delivered
by
Emily
Carter
Wedding
of
Sarah
Mitchell
&
David
Chen
June
13, 2026
Good
evening
,
everyone
.
For
those
of
you
who
don
’
t
know
me
,
I
’
m
Emily
—
Sarah
’
s
maid
of
honor
,
and
her
friend
for
the
last
nineteen
years
.
Nineteen
years
.
That
’
s
longer
than
most
of
you
have
owned
your
homes
.
It
’
s
certainly
longer
than
this
wedding
was
planned
.
And
frankly
,
it
’
s
longer
than
Sarah
and
I
have
been
able
to
reliably
remember
where
we
left
our
keys
.
Sarah
and
I
met
the
summer
before
sixth
grade
,
at
Camp
Pine
Hollow
,
in
cabin
7
.
She
had
a
pink
sleeping
bag
,
a
notebook
full
of
song
lyrics
,
and
zero
hesitation
about
announcing
to
the
entire
cabin
that
I
had
cried
at
the
talent
show
.
Which
I
had
.
It
was
a
Bon
Jovi
tribute
.
I
was
a
sensitive
child
.
From
that
summer
on
,
we
were
inseparable
.
We
survived
middle
school
together
,
which
frankly
should
have
come
with
a
survival
guide
.
We
learned
to
drive
in
her
mom
’
s
minivan
—
Sarah
once
parked
it
on
a
sidewalk
,
and
we
simply
got
out
and
walked
away
.
We
went
to
different
colleges
a
few
hours
apart
,
and
she
still
called
me
before
every
exam
she
was
nervous
about
.
Which
was
every
exam
.
Sarah
has
always
been
the
person
who
shows
up
.
The
night
I
got
dumped
in
an
airport
parking
lot
—
(
long
story
;
ask
me
at
the
reception
)
—
she
drove
forty
minutes
in
the
rain
,
no
questions
asked
,
with
Taco
Bell
.
I
called
her
at
2
:
00
in
the
morning
.
She
was
there
at
2
:
47
.
Her
mom
still
brings
it
up
.
So
when
David
came
along
,
I
had
a
list
.
We
all
had
a
list
.
Sarah
had
dated
enough
frogs
to
open
a
small
pond
.
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But
David
—
David
came
with
a
spreadsheet
of
his
own
.
He
planned
their
first
date
around
a
farmers
market
because
he
remembered
she
liked
heirloom
tomatoes
.
He
remembered
on
the
third
date
.
Who
does
that
?
What
I
love
about
David
is
what
he
does
for
Sarah
without
even
trying
.
Sarah
is
a
nervous
traveler
—
this
woman
packs
for
international
trips
three
weeks
early
,
with
laminated
checklists
—
and
David
walked
into
her
life
and
simply
…
slowed
everything
down
.
He
lets
her
take
charge
of
the
big
things
and
quietly
handles
the
small
ones
.
He
makes
her
laugh
at
herself
.
He
puts
up
with
the
checklists
.
And
Sarah
—
I
’
m
not
sure
David
knows
this
—
she
’
s
taught
him
to
be
softer
,
too
.
He
used
to
be
the
guy
who
never
asked
for
help
.
Now
he
asks
her
opinion
on
everything
,
including
which
shirt
to
wear
.
I
find
it
adorable
.
He
finds
it
slightly
annoying
.
Sarah
and
David
—
you
make
sense
.
Not
because
you
’
re
the
same
,
because
you
’
re
not
.
She
plans
;
he
improvises
.
She
’
s
early
;
he
’
s
fashionably
late
.
She
reads
the
instructions
;
he
assembles
the
furniture
without
them
.
And
yet
,
somehow
,
together
,
you
’
ve
built
a
partnership
that
has
made
everyone
in
this
room
believe
a
little
bit
more
in
the
real
thing
.
T H E
T O A S T
So
please
,
everyone
,
raise
your
glass
with
me
—
to
Sarah
Mitchell
and
David
Chen
.
May
your
arguments
be
about
whose
turn
it
is
to
pick
the
takeout
.
May
your
adventures
always
outgrow
your
planning
.
And
may
you
always
remember
that
love
is
patient
,
love
is
kind
,
and
love
—
as
we
discovered
at
dinner
one
night
—
is
apparently
even
willing
to
overlook
pineapple
on
pizza
.
To
nineteen
years
of
friendship
.
To
a
lifetime
of
love
.
To
Sarah
and
David
.
Cheers
!
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