21st Birthday Speech or Letter Samples From Mom To Son Or Daughter
Just Follow This Excellent 21st Mom Speech Example and You’ll Be Seconds Away From Easily Writing a Unique, Touching, and Inspiring Speech for Your Son or Daughter
The last time, I shared with you how to get the right words and use them to write a 21st birthday speech for your son or daughter.
In that post, I briefly shared with you a short example of a great speech but we didn’t delve deep into how you can use it to transform your message for good.
I know how hard it is for most moms to put together their exact thoughts and emotions into very beautiful words, so let’s quickly get down to business as I show you an entire 21st speech sample, and how you use that to effortlessly piece your idea together so you can come up with a speech that will get you tons of compliments…
First, this is the whole thing. Study it carefully and see which ideas you think you can incorporate into yours.
I would like to express my sincere gratitude and deepest appreciation to Diana Lee for this beautiful piece.
I was 29 when Tessa Rose Lee came into the world on Wednesday, 24th of March, 1993 at 2.07 am. She weighed 6 lbs 10 oz, which is about 3 and a half kilograms. She was 13 days late, and I was in labour from the Monday evening, and had her by Caesarian section on the Wednesday morning, because she really didn’t want to come out.
Some things haven’t changed—she still likes a sleep-in (she’s only a morning person twice a year—Christmas and her birthday) but interestingly, she hates being late!
If she got nothing else from me, she did get my intolerance to tardiness! Sorry, Daniel!
When I started writing this speech, Tessa made me promise not to embarrass her. That’s a pretty easy promise to keep, because she’s been a fairly problem free child, even as a teenager.
I do have a couple of funny stories though, and I hope she doesn’t mind me telling you. She did want to make sure that Bella (our beloved kitty cat) got a mention, so I’ll tell that story first.
Bella is a rescue cat—she came to us via the RSPCA as a six month old kitten—about six years ago. Tessa would have been about 15.
Bella is a black cat, and when I told Tessa that we were getting a black kitty, she had a minor freak-out. “But I don’t like black cats,” she said. “They are scary and evil.” Apparently, she formed this opinion at four years of age because one scared her through the window of the unit we used to live in it at Firle.
So I did what I always do when Tessa has a minor freak out—I ignored her. Needless to say, Bella is a much loved member of our family, and Tessa is fully aware of the pecking order in our house: Bella, me then Tessa. Tessa loves it when I go overseas and she’s the one that has to empty Bella’s tray! Not.
As most of you know, I raised Tessa as a solo parent—I made that decision when I was about three months pregnant with her. “Thanks for the child,” I said to her father, “but this isn’t going to work out.” I was keeping with the general theme of my family demographics with that decision.
My immediate family is very matriarchal. Lots of girls and women—not many men—and understandably,
Tessa really didn’t have the words to describe the male of the species. So she made them up. I remember picking her up from University child care when she was about three, hopping on the bus with her, and she pointed at a teenage boy and said “Look Mummy… there’s a Jessie”. Unbeknownst to me, she had started calling all teenage boys Jessie, after Jessie Spencer on Neighbours!
I also discovered that she called old men “Nannymen” because she associated old with “nanny”, which is her name for my mother. She is still rather creative with language if you follow some of our exchanges on Facebook. When she was in high school she used to say, quite outraged: “Don’t comment me, Mum!” Of course, I always reminded her that I was on Facebook first. Must have sucked to have a tech savvy mum around as a teenager!
Speaking of social media and funny exchanges, I have been going back over some of my old blogs and found quite a few instances where I wrote down the quirky things she said.
There’s this one when she was about 13:
Teenie has decided that she would like to be referred to as Lydia in these blogs from now on.
Peering over my shoulder while I was writing yesterday, she asked: “Who is Teenie?”
“You,” I said.
“That’s not my name! Why are you calling me Teenie?”
“Because you don’t put your real name on these things,” I replied. “I’m protecting your identity.”
“Well, I don’t like it! What sort of stupid name is that?”
“I’m quite happy for you to pick some other name.”
“OK. I will,” she said. “I’ll get back to you on that.”
This morning, she announced that Lydia was her preferred pseudonym. And in the interests of family peace, who am I to argue?
In that blog, she was henceforth known as Lydia. I was surprised she didn’t pick Rosita, which is what she wanted to change her name to when she was two or three.
For non-Sesame Street viewers, Rosita was a muppet that she really, really, really liked.
Here’s another entry before she became Lydia:
I went to see “Good Night and Good Luck” last night, and was so inspired by the courage of Ed Murrow (I had never heard of him before the movie) and his team. When I got home, Teenie asked me what the movie was about.
“Rebels,” I answered.
“You would have liked that,” she replied.
She knows me too well! And there was this post when she graduated from primary school. She would have been 12:
Pre-Teen had her primary school graduation (yes, primary school graduation!) a couple of weeks ago.
I must admit I did get a bit emotional, and I told her she was growing up so fast, and couldn’t believe she was going to be in high school.
“When did that happen?” I asked.
“It started in 1993, mum,” was the rather witty reply.
Tessa has four names for me: Mum, Mother, Mummy and Mumma—depending on what she wants. I have five for her: Tessa, Tessie, Tessie Rosebud, Tessie Bear and Daughter, depending on how annoyed I am with her.
I have never called her Tess, although her friends do. She nearly ended up being a Harmony or an Ebony, until I saw a movie just a few weeks before she was born, where one of the young characters was called Tessa.
I fell in love with the name—I thought it would be an excellent name for a baby AND an old lady—and at the time, there weren’t too many Tessas around. Luckily, it suited her. In primary school—she would have been in Year 2—she made me a Christmas Card that said “Merry Christmas, Mummy, from your daughter, Tessa P.” Unfortunately, someone else had the same idea as me during that era and named THEIR child Tessa.
Actually there were three Tessas in her year group! So until I changed our surname to Lee—when she was 8—she was Tessa P. Then she was Tessa L. on future Christmas Cards, not Tessa Lee. Go figure!
Tessa started working at 13 after declaring that she couldn’t survive on the pocket money that I paid her (I think it was about $5 a week AND she had to work for it). Her first job was Dominos, then Red Rooster, then Foodland, where she stayed for four or five years—apart from a very brief stint as a hairdressing apprentice—until she started working at DPTI, where she has been for the last couple of years.
She has wonderful qualities of being reliable, punctual, witty and she tends to stick at things, including people.
A lot of you have known Tessa since she was a baby, or from when she was quite young. A lot of you are from her primary or high school years, or years where she worked at Foodland and I see her DPTI work colleagues here.
Daniel and his family have been in Tessa’s life since she was 16, and look like they are here to stay, which makes me very happy.
The point is, the people who come into Tessa’s life tend to stay because she is loyal, she loves her peeps and they love her.
To sum up, this is Tessa’s night, but it’s also sorta kinda mine.
I’ve done a lot of awesome stuff that I’m really proud of, but Tessa is by far my greatest achievement, to quote you, Creins.
Everything good that has happened in my life has happened because I had Tessa, because I had to make decisions that forced me to think about what was best for her. And generally speaking, what was good for her turned out to be good for me.
Tessa, you truly are beautiful, inside AND out. I love you high as the sky, around the moon and back again.
I’m couldn’t be prouder of the woman you have become. And I couldn’t have wished for a more wonderful daughter.
I hope you got so many ideas reading it. Well, let’s break it down one step at a time!
First, here’s a short summary of her introduction.
I was 29 when Tessa Rose Lee came into the world on Wednesday, 24th of March, 1993 at 2.07 am. She weighed 6 lbs 10 oz, which is about 3 and a half kilograms. She was 13 days late, and I was in labour from the Monday evening, and had her by Caesarian section on the Wednesday morning,
because she really didn’t want to come out. Some things haven’t changed—she still likes a sleep-in (she’s only a morning person twice a year—Christmas and her birthday) but interestingly, she hates being late!
As that write up taught us, the introduction is the most vital part of your speech and you shouldn’t leave it to chance because they can grab the attention of the audience from the get go.
You can model yours after that. Better still, you can give it a creative spin. Wondering how to do that?
Well, here are some tried and tested ways to make yours stand out.
You can start off by sharing a true story or a fictional account that has a resemblance to your son’s or daughter’s life.
As you read above, the writer gave a vivid account of how her daughter arrived. Similarly, you can share the circumstances leading to your child’s birth.I once wrote a speech for a certain man who wanted to include the fact his child popped out on the same day he returned home after being away for a few weeks.
Second, you can start with a poem about the event and take it from there.
Third, you can begin with some quotes about a mom’s love for son or daughter.
Let’s look at a few quotes and then I will show you how to use it to write a short example.
Quote#1: The best thing a mom can do for his children is to love them----Jean Dan
Quote#2: “Having children just puts the whole world into perspective. Everything else just disappears.” —Kate Winslet
Quote#3: “A mother’s happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.” —Honore de Balzac
Quote#4: Behind every successful man is a loving mom---Jean Daniel
Quote#5: My mother is a walking miracle.- Leonardo DiCaprio
Ok…let me show how you can use Quote#1: The best thing a mom can do…to come up with something.
This is it….
Weeks after Margaret came into my life, I had a dream to love her unconditionally because the best gift my mom gave me was her whole heart and I knew for sure, if I love her through thick and thin, she would grow up….
Did you notice how I substituted things for gifts? I didn’t lift the entire lines but I only used it to personalize my own speech.
If you can’t do that, you can just any of those quotes you really love but make sure you acknowledge your source.
Ok…let’s go back to see excerpts of the body of her and you will find out how to put yours together.
Here you go again:
…As most of you know, I raised Tessa as a solo parent—I made that decision when I was about three months pregnant with her. “Thanks for the child,” I said to her father, “but this isn’t going to work out.” I was keeping with the general theme of my family demographics with that decision. My immediate family is very matriarchal. Lots of girls and women—not many men—and understandably,
Tessa really didn’t have the words to describe the male of the species. So she made them up. I remember picking her up from University child care when she was about three, hopping on the bus with her, and she pointed at a teenage boy and said “Look Mummy… there’s a Jessie”. Unbeknownst to me, she had started calling all teenage boys Jessie, after Jessie Spencer on Neighbours!...
I really love this piece and how she portrays how it feels like to be a single mom. Besides, I find portions of her story very hilarious too.
While most moms have an idea of what to write, they really struggle to put together their scattered thoughts and I only wish I could help as moms work so hard on a daily basis.
You don’t have to struggle to put your draft together.
You’ll only be embarrassing yourself if you copy verbatim this example as well as others you find elsewhere since in another person’s voice.
First, examine to see how the content of the body was written.
Next, find a style that resonates best with you. The above one is funny but there are several styles as well.
Ask yourself if you want to go for something funny, poetic, storytelling, sentimental, or a combination of two or more styles.
Having chosen your own unique style, create an outline for your speech before you write a rough draft.
By answering the following questions, you will be a step away from getting rich ideas for your speech.
So, this is what I want you to do now. Go grab your pen and paper and provide answers to them
- How did you feel when you were expecting your son or daughter?
- What happened on the day he or she arrived?
- What were the early days like? Were you a single mom, first-time mom or you had the support of family, friends, and your husband?
- How was his or her childhood like?
- How about his or her teenage years?
- Do you recall memories you made together like going on vacation, graduations, etc. and how you feel anytime those incidents flood your mind?
- Do you remember the funny memories as well?
List as many anecdotes you can remember and use those events to put something down.
It won’t look great at first. But never worry about that.
All you have to do is to clean it up till you’re completely satisfied with what you’ve got.
Above all, make sure your message flows chronologically else it will be so hard to follow.
Now, let’s look at parts of this loving mom’s conclusion.
So, let’s get to it :
Everything good that has happened in my life has happened because I had Tessa, because I had to make decisions that forced me to think about what was best for her. And generally speaking, what was good for her turned out to be good for me.
Tessa, you truly are beautiful, inside AND out. I love you high as the sky, around the moon and back again.
I’m couldn’t be prouder of the woman you have become. And I couldn’t have wished for a more wonderful daughter.
Can you figure out what went into her concluding remarks?
Ok….here are a few ideas to stimulate your brain power….
1) She told you and I why she loves Tessa….my take on this? You have to do the same.
2) She told us why she’s so proud of her…. my take on this? You have to tell your audience why you are so proud of your son or daughter.
She didn’t express their best wishes or her hopes for the future…
Adding your dreams about the future will give your message a personal touch.
Hope my review of this beautiful 21st speech sample steers you in the right direction.
P.S Read this only if you really want to give a unique and memorable speech at your son's or daughter's birthday, please don't if you want to settle for anything.
Dear Loving Mom,
Let’s face it. You can buy your son or daughter the best gift ever on his or her birthday and your son or daughter will be so happy with it.
But, here’s the thing. The precious gift you give your son or daughter will fade sooner rather than later.
But your words will forever live in your child’s heart and make him or her a much better person down the road.
What that means that the right words are the best gift you can give your child, especially on this significant milestone of his or her life.
Unfortunately, most moms are not so good with words and it gets a bit terrifying when you imagine what to say before your own friends, friends of your child, and even your own family.
The young ones in the crowd will be judging you. And so, you shouldn’t embarrass your child in any way.
By the way, we know how hard coming up with the right words can be. So, we are giving you a chance to come up with something inspiring, funny, and memorable without pulling your hair out!
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Ok, I am Interested, What’s the Cost?
Why? As you know, the current health crisis has caused severe hardships for most people.
Precious lives have been lost, jobs wiped out and families displaced, leaving everyone wondering what the future holds.
Yet, birthday celebrations are going on and parents have to still inspire and motivate their kids with the right words.
Nonetheless, not every parent could afford our services even before the pandemic suddenly hit us.
So, we have dropped our normal rates so you can simply pay what you want after you have got your beautiful speech.
Please note: When life gets back to normal, this offer will be scrapped for good.
So, please take advantage of it now even if your child's big day is in the future.
Even though we are going through this crazy time, if you do a poor job at it, your speech will be captured on video, and your offspring and other viewers will forever remember what you said and would not attribute your poor performance to the fact there was a deadly disease in town.
So, please take advantage of it now even if your child's birthday is in the future by simply paying what you want after you get your beautiful speech.
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All the best,
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