“Do you want to build a snowman?” A Maid of Honor speech for my One and Only Sister

“We used to be best buddies and now were not, I wish you could tell me why?

.. Please I know you're in there, people are asking where you've been

they say, "Have courage!" and am trying to am right here for you, just let me in

We only have each other, its just you and me.. what are we gonna do?

Do you want to build a snowman?

It doesn't have to be a snowman. Ok bye..”

A year ago, the time I learned that my only sister is getting married, I started to cry every time am hearing this song. Feeling ko kasi kami sila elsa and anna, only the other way around, she is the jolly, happy anna and am the isolated, serious elsa.  I don’t know when will I ever be ready for this day, I guess standing here in front of everybody, I never was.

That time, I talked to a friend, sabi ko “nauubos na kami, ako nalang maiiwan”.. sabi nya, “memey, hindi kayo nauubos, nadadagdagan kayo.” Then I realized, I’ve been so pessimistic, tama siya. I should not be looking at it that way and I should start changing  my outlook. 

Pero naiisip ko, what will make me finally let her go?

For those who doesn’t know and for everyone’s sake, She’s my only sister, my first roommate, my confidant, my fashion ideal, the one who has the guts to tell me am baduy or am wrong, nakakahiya and all… in all honesty. 

I’ve been with this lady for the 26 years of my existence and despite arguments, disagreements, differences, twirks this is still the same lady close to my heart and that makes this very hard for me, --to send her away, I just love her so much.

But I am willing to let her go to a man, if this man will be that someone who will give her the happiness she deserved, the life she hoped for and the love she prayed for. Someone who looks at her with perfection despite her flaws, someone who will stand by her while everybody despise her, someone who will make her feel safe despite adversity, someone who will celebrate with her in her victories and will lament with her in her loses, someone who will lead her closer to Christ and not the other way around and above all else, someone who will love her and will never stop loving her even when you’re running out of reasons to love. 

And am glad, that God answered my prayer when He gave you, Kuya Olei to my ate. I know, kuya ,you may not be perfect, but God made you just perfect for her. You never know how the hand of God works. Sabi nga “If the hands of fate leads you to Mr. Right today are you prepared?”They have known each other since childhood, but never realized they will end up getting married. I never talked to you Kuya Olei about this before, maybe because am reserving it for today. I trust you enough to entrust you one of my greatest treasure. Dahil alam kong you can truly make her happy.

Ngaun, I would like to propose a toast for the newly wed. Now that you’re both standing at the beginning of your journey together, always remember, This journey may not be perfect, may rough road, but just keep going, may baha just keep flowing.  Be with each other even when the world stops revolving, what matters you have each other through it all and that will make this, a wonderful journey. At the end of the road, looking back, you can both say “we’ve been through it all, together”.

Cheers to the newly wed!