Wedding Speech :)

To ensure I call people the correct names and mix up things only slightly I’m reading a prepared speech that my personal secretary assures me makes sense even if we did complete it together at three thirty am this morning.

Lets begin.

I would like firstly to thank each and everyone of you for travelling to celebrate our wedding.

Jane and I truly appreciate you being here here today and tonight and hope that you enjoy this time with your extended family ……because that’s what this is all about.

I have one person who I’d like to acknowledge now who has been instrumental in ensuring this occasion ( and many others ) has been possible – Judy Rogan. Judy has worked tirelessly over the last weeks and many months to ensure Jane and I have been able to do all we needed to do to bring this all together.

On that note and as Jane will concur, I am the easiset person to live with and as my immediate family also know my life has been one of the most uncomplicated in comparison to many of my friends and extended family members.

On a more serious note, I would like to bring to you an excerpt from a telegram I received a short while ago from a dear friend Raelee Golding who unfortunatley wasnt able to join us today.

Raelee wrote;

“……I just want to say that you have been a dear and treasured friend to Craig and I, spanning a good many years, and a whole heap of ups and downs!

This is the mark of a true friend and I count you amongst my truest friends.

With Craig by my side I do not doubt that we would be there with you celebrating a pivotal moment in your life ……with some cracking dance moves and too many drinks.

Sadly I am still finding my way in the simplest of tasks now that he is no longer with us, and feel unable to make the journey.

I know you will understand! He loved you so very much and I know if he were here he would wish you heartfelt congratulations and mirth and merriment on this momentous occasion!

I wish you both a long and prosperous exchange with one another, culminating in a life of abundance and joy in each other and your beautiful little boy Ethan!….”

Well, luckily I asked Phil for Jane’s hand in marraige long before Ethan, our beautiful son was ever thought of and travelling from the big smoky city to Ungarie in rural Australia was the best thing I have ever done……even if I did get the ute bogged and took one too many photos as a roustabout badging me as the tourist …….much like the same route I take when playing golf.

So……. Jane and I settled half way in Orange so now the city-boy-meets-country-gal moniker is no longer used to describe our union.

And it is that union which I would like to speak about now that means the most to me and I’m sure by you also. I am the luckiest guy in the world …….to have met my match in kitchen renovations, in appreciation of Shakespearean anecdotes and amongst our undying love for…… rum and coke on cold winter nights.

I’m sure you will agree Jane looked every bit the princess today…… that has met her dashing tall dark and handsome knight. I’ve replaced my steed with and equally fit Mazda Bravo ute and together we shall ride off into the sunset together …..forever….and have hundreds of children as our Scottish / Irish heritage ….and genes would allow.

I’ve been instructed to keep this speech to a five minute limit and therefore with 30 seconds to spare I’d like to conclude with the following.

Jane looked ravishing today and I will treasure this precious time with you all for the rest of my life. Jane is the most adorable and loving person I could have ever hoped to meet to share my life with. I am the luckiest guy alive to have stepped off a plane and been part of a match-making episode made in heaven.

Jane and I will travel together knowing that you and all our extended families and treasured friends will travel with us and on that journey we will grow to love and appreciate all there is to appreciate that love and friendships ensure.

Thankyou……and lets cut the cake

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