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Writing a Speech is Harder Than I Expected
Stories fly onto the screen but writing a speech is much harder than I thought it would be and I need your help!
I’ve been moving like a snail trying to write a speech for the past few weeks.
Months ago when I was asked to step in as the mother of the groom at my brother’s wedding, I was also asked to give a little speech at the dinner.
Our mother is not invited to the wedding because of all the shenanigans in the past. Plus, she showed up to my wedding with a man that was not my stepdad. To top it off, I am pretty sure he was a heroin addict.
They were both very embarrassing, to say the least. She was drunk and crying, he was in jean shorts. I know I have no room to talk about these issues but at 25, I was not happy about it.
Anyway, needless to say, if you have read anything from me, you’ll know why she wasn’t included in the wedding celebrations as she has been blocked out of our lives for a year now.
