Okay so after yesterdays blog, i decided to re-vamp my speech. This is the second draft, and I do believe this is the one I am going to go with. If anyone out there reads this...PUH-LEASE comment and let me know what you think... The last thing I want is to get up in front of a crowd and make myself look like an idiot! Please remember when reading, that I was asked to Introduce Don to the audience...Here goes Nothing:
I was introduced to Jake Owen Rabornin December of 2004 by way of CaringBridge, a website created by Jakes family to keep family members, friends & prayer warriors alike updated on Jakes condition.
Though I hadn't met Jake, I immediately fell in love with the little boy whose blue eyes melted my heart every time i saw his face smiling back at me from my computer screen.
Soon, visiting Jakes site became part of my daily routine... I checked his site every day for news... Every day then, and every day still since Jakes passing.
Jakes story sparked such a fire in me that in December of 2007, I found myself in a car making an 8 hour drive to Memphis just to cheer for "Team Jake" at the St. Jude Children's Marathon.
It was there that I got to meet, Staci, Jakes mom and Melanie (also known as "Mo"), Jakes aunt.
Today it gives me great pleasure to introduce you to Jakes dad... A Man who has truly been an inspiration to me in setting a fine example that you can still "Believe" in the face of adversity.
Ladies & Gentlemen: Please help me welcome, Mr. Don Raborn!
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3 comments:
LOVE the speech, sounds GOOD!
Ok, you owe me some comments so head over to my blog! I'm actually keeping this up..lets see how long that will last! lol
That sounds really good! Do you actually ever say who YOU are? Or does someone else introduce you first?
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