Welcome friends
and family to what is a very special and memorable occasion for our much loved
daughter. Tonight we celebrate her
(twenty-first / eighteenth) birthday
and acknowledge the exciting journey that has been her life to date *** *** ********* ******** **** *** **** **** *** ******** *******
Ask any (eighteen / twenty-one) year old
birthday girl how long it took for that momentous ******** ** **** ***** *** *** ******** *** ** ******** * * ********* * **** *** *** *** *** **** **** ***************** ******* ** * ***** ****** ******** **** ******* * ***** ***** ** ***** **** ********* **** * ***** ****** *** *** ** *** ******** **** *** ******* *** ********** ****** *** ****** ******* ****** ****** ****** **** *** ***** * *** ***** *************
It was soon
after this rather noisy entry into existence
when I realised that our little **** *** * ****** *** ** ***** *** * **** ****** **** ** ************ * ******** *** *** *** ***** **** ********* ******** ***** *** **** * ****** *** *** ******* *** ****** ***** ************
This need and
ability to be heard grew as (Name) grew. Every parent looks forward to ******* ***** ***** ************ **** **** ***** ******** ******* ******* ************* ****** **** ** **** ****** **** *** ***** **** ******* *********** ***** **** * ***** **** ********** ** ****** ***** ****** *** ***** *** *** ******* **** ** ************** *** *** ** *** *** * **** *** **** *** ****** *** **** *** *********** ** ****** ********* ** **** ** *** ****** ****** ***** ***** ** **** * *** ****** ** **** ******* ******* ** *** ****** *** ***** **** * **** *** * ****** ** ******
It’s a well
researched fact that, in general, girls learn to talk earlier than boys. What ***** *** ** ** **** ********** ** ***** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** ***** **** **** ******** ** *** *** ** ************** *** *** ** ** **** ***** *** ** ** *** *** ** ***************** *** ** ** ****** **** *** ** ******* *** **** ********* ***** * ******* **** *********** ********** *** ********* *** ****** ** ****** ** ********** ** **** ****** ******** ****** * ******* **** ************ ***** ** ********* ** *** ** *** *** *** *************** *** **** *** *** ****** *** ******* ** **** ********* ******** *** ***** ******* **** ******* *** ** ******* ****** **** **** ***** *** ***********
As childhood
became adolescence (Name) seemed to become less adept
at fast talking – in fact *** ************* *** **** *** ******* **** **** ********** ** *** ******* ** ***** *********** * *** ****** ******* ** **** **** ******* ** *** ************ ** *** ***** ******** ******* ********* *** *** ********** *** * ******* ********* **** ** *** *********** **** **** ** ********** ****** ****** ***** ****** **** ******* *** ******** ***** ** *** ***** ** *** **** ***** **** ***** *** ********* ******* *** *** ****** *** *** *** ****** ******** ******* *** **** *********** ****** *** ***** ******* *** ****** ******* ******* ********** ******** **** *** ******** *** ** ** *** ** ** *** ** *** ** *** *** * *** ***** ****** ******* **** ****** **** ***** **** ************ ** ********** ******* ******* ** ***** **** * ****** ********** ***** ** ******** ******* ***** ** **** ** ** ***** ****** ** *** ******** ***** ******* **** ****** **** ******* ** ********
So tonight it’s
my turn to talk and that fact gives me great pleasure for many ******* * *** *** ******* ** **** ** **** * ******* *** * ****** ** *** * **** ********* *** ******* ****** ** ******* **** *** ******* ** *** ******* *** ****** ****** * *** *** * ****** ** **** ****** *** **** ***** *** ***** ** ***** ** **** *** ** *** *** ** *** ****** ******* ***** **** *** ******* *** ********** ********* ****** ** *** **** * ******** ********* *** *** ****** ****** **** ******** **** * ****** ************* ************ **** *** **** ******* *** ********* ***** ********************* *** ************** ** ******* ** ****** ******** ********** * ****** ************* ************ *** *** ** ** ******* *** ***** *** **** **** **** ******* *** **** ** ******* ** ***** ******
Perhaps what
makes us most proud of (Name) is all of you - the friends
she *** **** *** **** ********** *** ********* ***** *** *** *** *** ********* ****** *** ***** ****** *** ****** *** *** *** **** ***** **** ***** ******************** * **** **** **** ** ***** *** **** *** ********* ** *** ****** ** *** ***** ***** **** **** *** ********** **** ** *** ***** *********** ***** **** * **** ** **** *** ****** **** *** **** **** ************* ** ** ******* ***** *** ** ****** ** *** *** **** **** **** ****** ***** *** **** ** ****** ** **** ******** ****** ********* **** **** * ****** ******* ** ******* *** ****** ** *** ** *** ******** ******* * ****** *** **** ** *******
I thank you all
for the wonderful memory tonight is destined to become and I ask *** *** ** ******* **** ******* ** ***** *** ******** *********** ***** ******** ****** * ***** ***** ** *** *** **** ******** * *** **** *** **** *********** **************
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