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I have always had an idea on how I'd want to start my banquet speech, until it mattered most. Trying to explain to all of you how much Bryn Mawr has changed me as a person and helped me grow seems impossible. In the past I've been guided through girl's years at camp and specific moments where they've explained when they found their Bryn Mawr flowers. Yet, I don't believe in finding a flower. I believe that from the moment a parent decides to send their daughter to Lake Bryn Mawr Camp, a seed is planted. Similar to actual plants, each angels seed may start to sprout at a different time. It doesn't depend on how much fun a young girl is having or how many friends they've made, but on experience. This experience could even come from scenarios
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In the seventh grade, most of my time wasn't spent at school like the average twelve year old and up until now thing have been a bit complicated. Nobody at home or on my treatment teams thought that spending seven weeks away from home would be safe for me, but I continued to persuade. My summers in Senior Camp included many phone calls and meetings with my parents on the back porch of Dan and Jane's lovely home. There was an illusion of wanting to go home and a dislike for camp that was stemmed from somewhere unexplainable. I'm not quite sure what I believe in exactly, but thank what might be fate for having me back here. Lake Bryn Mawr quite possibly saved my life. My family moved to Florida this past year and relationships with my parents have gotten quite rough, my school was unfitting, and I'd missed where I originally came from, New York. I wasn't able to spend those weekends having sleepovers with my camp friends anymore either and at times it was disappointing seeing them all together without me. Personal situations called for serious matters, and I was unable to stay with my parents for some time and the possibility of not coming to camp for my bunk one summer grew into a large ratio of health versus happiness. I had to work very hard to become a bunk one girl and I have the ability to appreciate it from a different perspective that I wish I could explain better. The best example I can think of takes place at one of our evening activities a few weeks ago, where I sat at the very top of the bleachers and looked down on all of the campers dancing and laughing, and I sat there grinning ear to ear. I can visualize my flower now, it's still growing, and I wish I could continue watching it in all of its glory. Unfortunately, the time I've got to spend here as a camper, looking forward to bunk one during the entirety of my
After making the difficult decision of moving out from a school I called home and attended since Kindergarten, my freshman year in a new environment made for a rocky start. I fell into the wrong crowd, tried getting out, but kept making bad decisions, which eventually led to a deep depression. My dreams I had as a child were fading before my eyes, and negative thoughts consumed my mind. I started to believe that I had no purpose and could never amount to anything, but the four days at Camp Barnabas in Missouri changed the course of my entire life. This experience was important to me and helped sculpt me into the person I am today.
Well, good afternoon everyone, for those of you that don?t know me my name is Lee and I?m Janie?s dad, and in keeping with tradition, it is my honor and privilege to deliver the ?Father of the Bride Speech?. Having to make this speech is one of the few opportunities in a married man?s life when he is allowed to do all of the talking...and I intend to make the most of it.
I never wanted to leave. I truly thought my life was ending on that August day in 2010 as the Peter Pan bus pulled off the dirt bumpy road in New Hampshire on its trek back to the Bloomingdales parking lot in Connecticut. The night before, I stood on the shore of New Found Lake looking out at the horizon on my last night, arm and arm with my sisters, tears streaming down our faces as our beloved director quoted, "You never really leave a place you love; part of it you take with you, leaving a part of yourself behind." Throughout the years, I have taken so much of what I learned those seven summers with me. I can undoubtedly say that Camp Wicosuta is the happiest place on earth; my second and most memorable home. Camp was more than just fun even as I smile recalling every campfire, color-war competition, and bunk bonding activity I participated in. It was an opportunity to learn, be independent, apart of an integral community, and thrive in a new and safe environment. I recognize that camp played an essential role in who I am today.
Distinguished guests, those of dubious distinction and those of no distinction, family, relatives, in-laws and outlaws, young and old, friends, friends of friends, freeloaders and hangers-on – let me extend a warm welcome to Meradith and Naren’s wedding reception celebration.
At the end of my sophomore year, I signed up for a conversation group to see how it would be like to be in the forest for 5 weeks with complete strangers.When I arrived to the camp in Leavenworth, Washington I was scared and excited at the same time, it was a weird feeling to have.When I saw my Mom and Dad left me at the camp I knew I was now all alone with complete strangers that I have only met for 15 minutes.I felt alone, lost, scared that I would be here in washington with complete strangers but, it wasn’t hard because everyone at the camp was nice and helpful with meeting everyone. The next day we were separated into groups there was orange crew, blue crew, yellow cew, red crew, and rainbow crew. I was apart of the orange crew and we were
"So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he said to them, "Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe." (John 20:25 NIV) "You should have been there!" Most of us have had that experience where we missed it.
I could go on forever thanking you both for everything that you have done and sacrificed for all of us over the past years, but I hope you realize how thankful I am to have you both in my life and to be able to call you my parents. Your love for each other gives me hope and inspiration for my future marriage. Through the years, you have taught me that marriage is more than just a relationship, it is the perfect balance of a partnership between two people who would sacrifice their own lives for the other while also remaining best friends. The values and attributes that you each have taught me have helped me to prepare the foundation for my adult life. You and your marriage have set the example that has allowed me to understand the true meaning
I would like to say thank you. There are so many reason I can say thank you for. Thank you for teaching me to take care of myself. Thank you for teaching how to live on my own at such a young age. Thank you for being the best role model of how NOT to be a good father.
Good morning ladies and gentlemen, Thank you so much for joining us to bring back the beautiful and romantic memories that Eric and I had together. Dr. John Gary wrote a book, “Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus,” which was published in 1992. Now, it would be the right time for me to write a book. I name it, “Husband Is from America, Wife Is from China.” My book would tell readers the secrete how a couple who have eastern and western culture to adapt well each other and the most common mistakes that many international couples normally make.
Thank you all for gathering here today in order to celebrate my departure from work, but please do not be sad. On this special occasion, it is a time to reminisce all the wonderful, and even the not-so-wonderful, times we have had together working here at McDonald’s. We have had our fair share of ups and downs, but in the end, we are always smiling and laughing, which is what matters most. But before I can continue, I would like to begin with remembering my first day at work. Then, I would like to talk about the memories that I have made along the way.
Greetings today I would like to tell come you all to my dear friends 13 at wedding anniversary. Because of my golden privilege of being blessed with over 10 years of friendship with (names) has a lot of advantages. One of them is to have the opportunity to raise a toast for our special friends on their 30th anniversary. I am delighted that everyone my friends hold close to their hearts are able to join us today. I know that it is really fun to say that the older we get the more we realize how fortunate we are to be a part of this wonderful couples life, and what a privilege it’s being to have friends like you both in the 10 years of our friendship I have never experienced these two lovely persons displaying any negative attitude to each other
To Begin, there are many people who I would like thank for having the opportunity of being here today. I would like to begin with our fellow classmates and FPS alumni. I cannot explain fully in words what all of you mean to me. With you I’ve shared some wonderful, funny, and enjoyable experiences.
Not so long ago, my wife and I celebrated our fifth wedding anniversary. After the dinner she prepared for the occasion (with whole lotta love, obviously), while we laughed on all the silly things we did while together, she showed me her secret box of emotional memorabilia: the first love letter I wrote her, the withered (but well kept) rose I bought for her on our firs date, even the ticket of the first Bon Jovi concert we saw as a couple. Every tiny item that was somehow part of our relationship was in there. After all these years of togetherness, only one look in the contents of that simple but precious box filled my eyes with tears and I realized, once again, how much I love her. And as a cherry on top of the marvelous night, she gave me
Many years ago when I was a freshman in high school, an event happened to me that changed my life for the better. My friend invited me to go hiking with him and his sister. He was going to go hiking in Yosemite. The following day I prepared myself mentally and physically in order to accomplish this hike.
On a January day, 2 years ago my mother came home with a bunch of information about this summer camp in the Pocono Mountains. Both me and my mother glanced through some of the information and talked about what a great opportunity this could be for me.