Maid of Honor Speeches

A lot of people assume that just because you have a sister, then you’re automatically close, but in reality, a relationship with a sister can be a lot more complicated. Take me, for instance, I love my sister and I know she loves me too, but we’ve never been particularly close, you know?

She’s a few years older than me and we’ve never shared the same interests. She’s outgoing and loves throwing dinner parties, attending plays and going on trips with her friends. I’m more introverted and love reading, playing piano and hanging out at home with my dogs.

When it came time for me to write a sister of the bride speech, I was stumped for a while. I mean, we grew up together, but I don’t feel that I know her as well as her good friends. Yet, everybody was expecting me to give this great speech – including my parents.

I was really struggling to find the right words to say. Every time I sat down to write that speech, I found myself staring at a blank page. I mean, why did she ask me to do this? I don’t know. Maybe she felt obligated. The thing is, I needed to write a speech that meant something to both of us.

I had this wedding speech book that I bought the night before Candy’s wedding (she’s a good friend of mine) that I had completely forgotten about, so I decided to find it and see if it could give me some pointers. Good thing I did, because it turned out to be exactly what I needed to end my writer’s block.

You know, after reading some good examples in that book, I realized that I really could come up with a pretty decent speech. While my sister and I will never be close, we do share a special family bond, and I choose to focus on only those things we had in common. After that, the words to my sister of the bride speech began to flow. Before I knew it, I had a really nice speech to give at my sister’s wedding.