Good afternoon my name is David Vita and I have the great privilege of standing before you here today to begin the celebrations as Mik Juche Branchaud and Samantha Ruth Thomas join together to become husband and wife.
Mik, I’ve known you for a very long time. I remember putting up a basketball hoop for you when you were about 5 years old. Rather than shooting the ball from the ground, you climbed up on the porch and dropped the ball down through the basket. You were a pretty smart kid then. And you’re a pretty smart man now as you’ve demonstrated by choosing to spend your life with Samantha.
Samantha, I’ve known you for a much shorter period of time but as you entered Mik’s heart so did you immediately enter and enlarge his circle of family and friends.
Thank you to everyone who spent many patient hours traveling to be here with us. Mik and Samantha asked you to be with them today because you have been there for them in the past.
Your presence is a true testament to your love and friendship and their dearest hope is that you will be willing to remain beside them as their journey continues.
Let us please take a moment now to reflect upon those who could not be with us in person, but who are certainly with us in spirit.
There is a special quality to the hours we pass with the people we care for. Mik and Samantha’s family and friends should never be denied the knowledge of how deeply you have touched their lives and continue to do so.
As Shakespeare once said, "I count myself and nothing else so happy as a soul remembering my good friends."
And so, Mik and Samantha stand before you… their family and “good” friends…counting themselves so happy as they begin their journey together.
Welcome to this joyous day!
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