Congratulations to our Snow, who tied the knot this past Sunday.  The wedding ceremony was beautiful, elegant, and the diner was extravagant, to the extent that I had to break my diet and almost gorged myself to death.  It was touching to see her on stage exchanging vows, and even delivering a short speech to thank the people in her lives.  Needless to say, her Toastmasters training paid off.  When she said her vows, she did not have any ‘ums’ and ‘ahs’; she made terrific eye contact with the groom, and her voice was as the most confident that I have heard.  The only nitpicking I have is that she cried intermittently as she was speaking.  How many times did I teach her that her vocal variety and facial expression have to match the content of her speech?  When you’re talking about something HAPPY, don’t CRY!  More coaching is required, as soon as she gets back into the groove of her Toastmasters life.

Snow was so beautiful that day, in her three wedding outfits.  The makeup on her face was ‘just right’:  I actually still recognized her.   And our Jennifer, her maid of honor, was also her gorgeous self.  Ivy almost caught the bouquet of flowers.  It slipped through her fingers.  I suggested to Ivy that she should be aggressive and tackle the other girls, but she didn’t listen.  I told Caesar to scare away the other girls, but he didn’t cooperate.  Well, there’s always the next time.  I am sure Snow will have many other stories to tell us when she comes back.  I can’t wait.  Perhaps her speech # 6-10 will all be related to her wedding, culminating with this speech to motivate the audience: “You too, can get married to a wonderful man”.