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Rehearsal dinner toast

The night before, with the people who know them best.

97 words · about 45 seconds out loud · version 1

Thank you all for coming a day early, and thank you Ellen for opening the barn for us tonight.

I will be brief, because tomorrow I will not be.

Four years in, these two still tell each other everything twice — once because it happened, and once because the other one was not listening properly the first time. That is a marriage, more or less.

Tomorrow I get to watch Tom walk our daughter across a field he has complained about since March. Tonight I only want to say: we are very glad you are all here.

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