This past weekend I had quite the eventful trip to my brother’s wedding.  So eventful, in fact, that I am only now beginning to recuperate.  At any event, I was very honored to be there and to be able to say a few words.  Here is my speech (original emphases from my notes):

Thank you all for coming to honor Chase and Gretel on their day. Chase, I’m glad to see you made it, and on time, too. Gretel, I think you’ve made a wise choice in a husband. It has been a privilege to watch Chase grow from a little pest that I couldn’t seem to get away from to a man for whom I have a great deal of respect and count one of my best friends. Sometimes it seems like he spent the first 15 years looking up to me and now these past 10 years or so I’ve been looking up to him. Read the rest of this entry »