Andrew’s Wedding Speech
If you think about raising children as a kind of iterative-process, than the first-born, Andrew in this case, is a kind of rough draft and you work out all the kinks by the time you get to the third, Maddy.
The logic is there, but the way things turned out for our family is… Well— it’s like starting an essay at 10 that’s due at midnight and still getting an “A”. My some miraculous act of God, your first draft just hits it out of the park. The same goes for Andrew.
But, I don’t believe that it’s just by chance or divine intervention that Andrew has gotten to where he is. He’s tough. He’s got tenacity and perseverance and a sometimes strange amount of drive to complete a task. I remember when we were younger, I’d fight …show more content…
Andrew laughs and says to Jordan, “See. I told you. He’s getting good.”
This was my first realization of the fact that a lot of what I aspire to be is like my big brother.
Andrew was and is a pioneer. He’s led the way for both me and Maddy. I don’t think I would’ve attended New Tech High if Andrew had not taken that risk. I don’t think I could’ve left the state for college had Andrew not forged that trail. He takes life by the hand and yanks it in the direction he wants to go.
He’s always been my example for perseverance in school, in work, in life, and, as we see here today, in love. The family used to joke back when he was 16 that he’d end up marrying Leah, and here we are, just witnessing that happening. Through the ups and downs of his relationship with Leah and seeing their radiating love tonight, Andrew’s revealed to me a truth. If you work at it— if you give it your all— you can marry someone completely out of your league.
But it’s also shown me something else. Love isn’t perfect, and it’d be foolish to think otherwise. But man, it’s wonderful and it’s what makes life wonderful.
Andrew has said it, I’ll say it, and I’m sure Maddy will agree, that you are lucky to not be the first-born. You get by a lot easier. But furthermore, I’m lucky to have been born to such a great brother. He is everything I can hope to
If you think about raising children as a kind of iterative-process, than the first-born, Andrew in this case, is a kind of rough draft and you work out all the kinks by the time you get to the third, Maddy.
The logic is there, but the way things turned out for our family is… Well— it’s like starting an essay at 10 that’s due at midnight and still getting an “A”. My some miraculous act of God, your first draft just hits it out of the park. The same goes for Andrew.
But, I don’t believe that it’s just by chance or divine intervention that Andrew has gotten to where he is. He’s tough. He’s got tenacity and perseverance and a sometimes strange amount of drive to complete a task. I remember when we were younger, I’d fight …show more content…
Andrew laughs and says to Jordan, “See. I told you. He’s getting good.”
This was my first realization of the fact that a lot of what I aspire to be is like my big brother.
Andrew was and is a pioneer. He’s led the way for both me and Maddy. I don’t think I would’ve attended New Tech High if Andrew had not taken that risk. I don’t think I could’ve left the state for college had Andrew not forged that trail. He takes life by the hand and yanks it in the direction he wants to go.
He’s always been my example for perseverance in school, in work, in life, and, as we see here today, in love. The family used to joke back when he was 16 that he’d end up marrying Leah, and here we are, just witnessing that happening. Through the ups and downs of his relationship with Leah and seeing their radiating love tonight, Andrew’s revealed to me a truth. If you work at it— if you give it your all— you can marry someone completely out of your league.
But it’s also shown me something else. Love isn’t perfect, and it’d be foolish to think otherwise. But man, it’s wonderful and it’s what makes life wonderful.
Andrew has said it, I’ll say it, and I’m sure Maddy will agree, that you are lucky to not be the first-born. You get by a lot easier. But furthermore, I’m lucky to have been born to such a great brother. He is everything I can hope to