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Olivia
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Stonecrest Orchard · Hudson Valley · June 14, 2026
Good evening, everyone.
For those who don’t know me, I’m Sarah — Olivia’s sister and, until today, her co-conspirator in
everything. In twenty-nine years I’ve watched her collect ticket stubs and phone people just to say
she was thinking of them. But I never once saw her light up the way she does when James walks into
a room.
What none of us knew is that she was waiting for someone who would love the quiet parts of her,
too. James does. He knows her coffee order, her one bad habit, and exactly how to make her laugh
on a difficult day. He doesn’t just love Olivia — he sees her.
And Olivia, you have given him the thing he once told me he wasn’t sure he deserved: a home. Not
the address — though that kitchen of yours is where all of us end up on Sundays. A real home, built
from small kindnesses and always choosing each other.
The poets said it first:
“Grow old along with me — the best is yet to be.”
Tonight you begin proving them
right. May your arguments be short, your adventures long, and your love the reason every person in
this room believes in it. May you always be each other’s softest place to land.
Ladies and gentlemen — would you please raise your glasses?
To Olivia & James
to love, to forever.
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