#moh speech

Good evening everyone. My name is Alice and I'm the maid of honor, as well as the sister to the groom.

When Stella asked me to be her maid of honor, I was truly overjoyed and so honored that she wanted me standing up there with her on such a beautiful day. I've known Stella for about eight years now and from the moment I met her, I knew that she was the one for Cyrek. She had a loud mouth and a big personality and funny enough, so does my brother! She proved long before I came around that she could go toe-to-toe with Cy and keep him straight.

I'll never forget when Stella told me that she wanted to propose to Cy--when she told me, I think she had to beg me to stop bouncing off of the walls, I was so excited! And then she had to beg me to stop laughing after she told me that she had decided that now was the time to propose because my brother essentially said "Do it, you won't"--but she sure did! I went ring shopping with her and I remember that she was so nervous about what he was going to say when she asked him. But I already knew he was going to say yes.

Anyone who knows me knows that family means a lot--and not just to me but to all of us. Everyone in the Pallas-Adler clan sticks together, no matter what. In fact, my brother once told me that family sticks together the way that rats cling on to each other so they don't get separated. And as funny, and maybe a little gross, as it is to envision a group of rats clinging to one another, he really was so right about that. Our families have been through so much--but we've always come out on the other side of it, together. And even when I first met Stella, it was very clear that she was already a part of our family. She is so fiercely loyal and a force to be reckoned with. Time and time again, I've seen her selflessly put family first and do whatever she needed to do to be there for them.

She has not only been a great friend to me but she's also been such an amazing partner to Cyrek. Through thick and through thin, they've always clung to one another. Even when they're exhausted, they always manage to find strength for each other. They know how to make each other laugh--with their morbid sense of humor, I might add--and they are always there to comfort one another through the tears. I honestly couldn't ask for a better person to love Cyrek. And Cy, you better take damn good care of that woman!

I would love to invite everyone to raise their glass and join me in toasting the newlyweds. I love you both so much. You deserve every happiness in the world. Opa!