I Do's

Well I’m the old lady of the group, and it’s that time in my life now where everyone is getting married, and those sisters of mine who have already gotten married are having babies. Even though I have a piece of paper that had cost me $60,000 dollars of debt, have a great job and career, and am pretty much in all aspects a functioning adult... I am nowhere near ready to take the plunge and marry someone.

So now, I get to just attend these glorious events. Well, it’s finally came the time where someone of my inner circle has “put a ring on it.” Lucky me was picked to be maid of honor.  I have been very fortunate that this sister is not the complete bridezilla type, but I think that is a whole other topic… But as her big day approaches I need to get in gear and start writing my maid of honor speech.

A speech… shouldn’t be too hard, right? She is one my best friends. I am a journalist…  I write for a living… I’ve given tons of speeches. I mean I’m on the news every day. Well, I am thinking it’s not going to be so easy.

This is the biggest day of her life. It has to be perfect. I want to be funny because let’be real, those are the speeches people like to hear, but I don’t want to tell any stories that no one else gets or will actually laugh at. I something think I am funny and really aren’t (…also another story). We are best friends, sorority brought us together… well she didn’t have the same fondness and passion for sorority as I did.

So… there is a lot of pressure there. I think if I stick to the basics, talk about love and their relationship, I will be fine.

I think to myself though. Man this is a lot of pressure. It’s her big day. She is the first one of us to get married. I don’t want to be the one disappointing thing for her.

But it looks like I am just going to have to suck it up and make it the best I can. I just wish I had a few practice runs before someone so special to me decides to spend their life with another person.