It’s a good idea to give yourself some time to write your father of the bride speech, at wedding celebrations you want to be well organized. If time allows, start as early as six months prior to the wedding to toy with some thoughts of what you might want to put into your speech. Carry a small notepad with you and whenever inspiration strikes write it down and over time keep on adding. Doing this for some time you’ll accumulate more than enough material to work with. Some sweet memories will come back to you, remembering your daughter growing into the wonderful mature woman she is now, some stories, hilarious and nostalgic (very little nostalgia please).

Before you even start taking notes for your speech at wedding celebrations, it would probably be good to take a moment to think of a structure. You could let the speech flow along lines like the following, or come up with your own. Whichever way you choose, making a short list of your main points will be helpful to get you from A to Z without a hitch. For example:

- A good starting point would be to mention how well the day has progressed so far, transport to and fro, the ceremony and the great meal you just had. - You could thank the guests for coming to this celebration, bring up some stories from way back when your daughter was growing up and let her know how proud you are of her and her achievements. - Remember the moment you were introduced to your son-in-law and what your first impressions were and how you’ve seen their relationship grow. - When speaking about your feelings towards your daughter’s new husband, don’t use that burned out clich that instead of losing a daughter you’ve gained a son. - Use a toast to the future health and happiness of the couple as your finish to your father of the bride speech at wedding receptions.

There are other aspects of the wedding too, where your leadership and helping hand is needed, aside from your father of the bride speech, at weddings an integral part remember. Your support of your daughter on her wedding day is central to your role as father of the bride. Try and keep her calm and serene.

Whichever means of wedding transportation will be used, you are to help her in and out of it with the dress intact. Another important aspect of your role is to make sure that the bride and even other members of the wedding party will be able to catch their transportation and will all be at the church on time. You walk her down the aisle and give her away to the groom.

If you follow tradition, you would pay for the wedding reception. Though nowadays every more frequently the bride and groom foot the bill themselves. In case that first greeting the guests at the reception isn’t assigned to the catering manager or the Master of Ceremonies during your daughter’s wedding, that role would be traditionally yours. So, you’ll have a busy day, full of emotions, nostalgic and happy, and your father of the bride speech will be the cherry on top to make it a memorable and wonderful celebration.