Heids,

My Dad died 2 years ago and this was my main reason for wanting to do a speech at my wedding in October. For information, my speech can be viewed at:-

http://www.hitched.co.uk/speeches/examples/sp_example.asp?id=332&num=4

Good luck and all I can say to those of you thinking of doing a speech but unsure if you\'ll be able to - DO IT!!!! I wanted to but didn\'t think I\'d have the bottle to do it in front of so many people and all I kept remembering was that these people were my friends - they were there for me and not against me. I got a huge amount of positive feedback about my speech which made me feel even better about it!! Also just to add - I did cry when I mentioned my Dad and noone frowned at it, it was to be expected and many people said I had a lot of courage to stand up and talk but how lovely it was to have him mentioned. Good luck to you all