You want me to speak??

I was asked to say something during the ceremony at my friends wedding. This is what i said:

There is nothing as special and as wonderful then to see two people come together in marriage. To be witness to a celebration like this is truly an honor. If everyone can take a moment and look around. This marriage is what bonds us together. It bonds us all together because it helps us to reaffirm our love for Erica and David, it helps us to reaffirm our love for our family and helps us to reaffirm our love for our friends.

It allows those of us who have not spent as much time together or who have lost touch to come together to apologize for not connecting and to reestablish a bond. These bonds last a lifetime.

You have brought together two sets of friends and family. The bond of your marriage has formed a new larger loving family unit. So no matter what happens in your lives there will always be people who love you and want to be there for you.

I got a lot of positive feedback. However, an older man from Baltimore came up to me and said. "You know many of us in our geenration thinks your generation doesn't understand anything and are reckless. But listening to you and David and his commitment vows were appreciated. It gives us hope" So i guess it was a compliment...