Maid of Honor
There is just something so special about having sisters. I was blessed with life long best friends, that had to love me no matter how much I tormented them through the years. When Sammy was young, she was like my mini-me. She slept in my bed, tried to dress like I did and always wanted to tag along. But she has grown into an incredible role model for me over the years, someone I rely on and look to for guidance constantly. I cannot imagine this day without her, it makes perfect sense that she will be by my side on the best day of my life, just like she has been every other day for the last twenty-three years.
Matron of Honor
Erin Marie is the one person who has been stuck with me longer than Sammy. I cannot express how lucky I am to have not one, but two built in best friends for life. I can't imagine life without her strong and assured sense of self and adventure, and her doing all of the scary and hard adult life things first to show me that we can in fact do it. She is such a big part of my life, of course she is going to be a huge part of our big day. Her wedding day is going to be hard to live up to, it was THE BEST DAY EVER, but we plan to try (and can promise to play Jackie Chan at least twice).
Bridesmaid
It is hard to capture in words how Ally has shaped the person I am today. She has been my best friend since high school, and is a part of almost all of my favorite memories - good and the bad. She keeps me grounded when I am flying off the handle or being a brat and is the first person there to cheer me on through my successes. She was there leaving video messages on my facebook wall through our time apart in undergrad, no matter how embarrassing that was, sharing four a.m. driveway talks, our first apartment and career (yes we worked together lol). She was a second mother to Charlie-Teeny and Louie, and supported me through the stresses of law school and my long distance relationship with Ron, and I have always known she would be as big a part of this day as she has been of every other.
Bridesmaid
I do not think Kayla really ever had a choice in the matter of our friendship. If there was ever a situation guaranteed to solidify a lifelong bond, its the person that chooses to rub your back or hold your hair as you puke in the first grade while the rest of the class runs screaming to the other side of the room. She is truly my longest friendship and the closest I have come to having another sister in this life. She is always there when I need her and her family has always made me feel like I have a second home. I think we have both always known she would be by my side on this day, and I cannot imagine it any other way.
Bridesmaid
Laura became a huge part of my life through my freshman year at Ohio State, where we made a few questionable decisions, but so many incredible memories. She would spoil me with hangover breakfasts in bed, share groceries and our love for any all things cheese and sing Jason Aldean songs to me from across the dining room at Texas Road House where we worked together through school. I have loved growing up with her, getting to know her family and visiting her in Columbus as she selflessly hosts and arranges gatherings that have made it so easy for me to stay in touch with all of the girl friends from OSU over the years. I am so grateful for her friendship and to have the biggest BUCKEYES fan I know by my side on our big day (Let's Go BUCKS!).
Bridesmaid
Sav was another fast friend made in the halls of Park 7. She always shared my bed or hers when I needed someone to cuddle with, humored my alarming bi-weekly need for chipotle and I am so glad I can still count on her to always be down for a Taco Bell run when I just have to have it. She is my lord of the flies, the ultimate shopping partner and my favorite person to wish for all the things in life with. I am so proud of her for taking the leap and moving across the world to start a new life with the man she (and we all) love, but I miss her dearly and am so honored that she is willing to travel across the world to be by my side on our big day.
Officiant
The true woman of the hour and the reason we are all here today. She has been one of my best friends since Prime Summer at age sixteen and has been a huge part of my life ever since. She went to OU where she met Ron, and insisted to the both of us that we meet one another because we would really get along (of course, at the time neither of us listened to her). Years later, on a visit to DC, she would give Ron my phone number, we would exchange our first text, and the rest would be history. We are so lucky for to have your friendship and are ecstatic that you wanted to marry us. There could not be a more perfect person for the job.
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