Your Bride Wedding Speech

While writing a bride wedding speech can be overwhelming, it's not as hard as you think.  There are steps you can take to make it an easy process and end up with a wonderful speech that everyone will remember.

The best thing you can do to minimize the stress of writing a wedding speech is to start early!  Four to six weeks before the wedding start thinking of what you want to say.  You don't need to write specific details at this time.  Just think about the overall impression you want to give people.

• Did you have a lot of help?  
• Are you grateful to certain people for doing certain jobs, like singing at your wedding or making the cake?
• You'll want to mention and thank your parents and your in-laws.
• Start thinking of stories you may want to share.  Stories of you and the groom, you and the bridesmaids or you and your parents would be fun to share.
• Mention people who traveled long distances to share your special day.
• Share any special thoughts and feelings you have for the groom and your excitement about starting your life together.
  

If you start early, thinking of the overall feeling you want to share in your speech, you'll have plenty of ideas.

After you've done this brainstorming (over a week or 2), you can then outline your speech:  intro, thank yous, stories, parents, groom, conclusion.  It's your speech, so don't feel obligated to include anything.  Do what you feel is best.

Try not to repeat anything others have already said in their speeches.  Don't ramble on too long.  Having a template or outline prepared will help you remember everything you wanted to say without dragging on, trying to think of things on the spot.

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