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OPENING TOAST AND PRAYER:
WELCOME EVERYONE! I THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TO CELEBRATE ELLEN'S 65TH BIRTHDAY.
AS ELLEN AND I LOOK AROUND THE ROOM, AS WELL AS LOOK OUTSIDE THE WINDOWS, WE OBSERVE THE TWO MAIN REASONS WHY WE LOVE HILTON HEAD ISLAND….OUR DEAR FRIENDS, AND THE BEAUTIFUL NATURE.
WE HAVE KNOWN MOST OF YOU FOR ALMOST 19 YEARS, AND WE LOVE YOU ALL.
WE HAVE SEEN YOUR CHILDREN GROW AND ACHIEVE MARVELOUS ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
WE HAVE CELEBRATED YOUR WEDDINGS, SOMETIMES MULTIPLE ONES, AND ANNIVERSARIES.
WE HAVE COMFORTED YOU THRU DIVORCES, ILLNESSES AND PASSINGS OF LOVED ONES, AS YOU HAVE BEEN THERE FOR US FOR LIFE'S INEVITABLE UPS AND DOWNS.
WE HAVE HAD MUCH JOY IN HONORING YOUR PERSONAL AND BUSINESS SUCCESSES.
YOUR FRIENDSHIP HAS MADE HILTON HEAD ISLAND, TRULY OUR HOME, AND NOT JUST AN ISLAND PARADISE.
ELLEN AND I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH.
SO AS WE RAISE A GLASS TO TOAST ELLEN FOR HER BIRTHDAY,
[OR SAINT ELLEN AS SHE IS KNOWN FOR HAVING TO BE THE WIFE OF AN UBER MAINTENANCE HUSBAND],
ASKING GOD TO GRANT HER A LONG, HAPPY, AND HEALTHY LIFE, LET US ALSO RAISE OUR GLASSES FOR ALL OF YOU HERE, AND FOR OUR MANY FRIENDS WHO COULD NOT ATTEND, TO ASK GOD TO BLESS US ALL AND KEEP US, FOR GOD TO ALWAYS SHOW HIS FACE TO US, AND FOR GOD TO GRANT US ALL TRUE PEACE ,SERENITY AND LOVING RELATIONSHIPS.
L'CHAIM! TO LIFE!!
