21st Birthday Speech or Letter Samples From Dad To Son Or Daughter
Just Follow This Excellent 21st Dad Speech Example and You’ll Be Seconds Away From Easily Writing a Unique, Touching and Inspiring Speech for Your Son or Daughter
Have you ever found yourself wondering what the best 21st birthday gifts you can give to your son or daughter?
I know you might have one or two great gifts in mind but did you know that a unique and memorable 21st birthday speech is the best give you can ever give?
Have you ever thought of that?
Granted, most dads are not very eloquent and they find it so hard to put together their thoughts and emotions into very beautiful words.
Don’t worry if you are looking for great ideas to give a short and sweet 21st speech for your son or daughter because I have been writing speeches for people all over the world and I am very happy to share with you some time-tested strategies for delivering a speech that speaks to the heart.
One of those tools I told that about that can help you write a great piece almost effortless is a well written 21st birthday speech sample from a dad to his son or daughter.
In this insightful article, we looked briefly at how to use such an example, but we didn’t delve deep into how it was written and how you can model your speech after one.
Today, I’d like us to look at a complete piece and then we will analyze it bit by it so you can use the insights for your descriptions.
Thanks to Randy White for letting us re-post it here.
By the way, let’s look at the entire script.
Here is an example 18th/21st Birthday speech delivered by a dad to his son but of course you can adapt it for your daughter.
Twenty-one years ago today (August 11, 1994), Shelley and I had the wonderful joy of receiving a gift of God in the form of a baby boy.
Randy and Nathan White, 1994
We lived in Munday, Texas at the time. The First Baptist Church of Munday was my first pastorate, and still is one of the greatest blessings we’ve enjoyed. The people of Munday loved us. They had provided baby showers, gifts, and, as we brought Nathan home, would shower us with food, wonderful food.
I still remember the almost unmanageable quantity of banana pudding (the homemade kind, not the Jello-brand excuse of banana pudding!) It was that pudding which caused me to begin my journey out of skinney-dom!
For Nathan’s birth, Shelley and I had driven to Abilene, the closest major hospital and pediatrician. We got up early, made our way in for the scheduled C-section, and welcomed Nathan at 7:58 AM.
It’s hard to believe 21 years has passed so quickly. I want to take a few lines of this website to say to Nathan: I love you and I’m a proud dad.
Nathan was shy, inquisitive, and independent from day one. Twenty-one years later, he’s outgoing, but doesn’t feel any need to socialize just for socialization sake.
He’s more inquisitive than ever (he’s rather watch a TED talk or listen to an executive summary of some cutting edge topic than play a video game or hang out at the mall).
He’s always been, and still is, an inventor / builder /adapter. If there is an easy way to do something, he’d rather invent a technological way to do it!
One of the things of which I’m most grateful is that I had the privilege of taking him to school every morning, from Kindergarten through 9th grade.
Our little drives to school were wonderful times of discussion about life and worldview. I’m even more grateful that after the 9th grade we got off that train and he began a home school / online program.
The blessing of those three years, having Nathan at home or doing his work in my office was wonderful.
I was able to watch him learn like never before, and grow into the smart young man he is today. (On a side note, if you are considering some form of home school, I am a big proponent. Why let others shape the worldview of your sons and daughters?)
Nathan White, 2015
I’m very pleased that my son is a skeptical student. He wants to learn (and does a great job doing it). But he also wants to question the assumptions (as I’ve taught him…and as I teach you).
Just because the book ( teacher / professor / status quo) says it, doesn’t mean Nathan accepts it.
For this, I am especially thankful. Our world is filled with a bunch of “garbage knowledge” that isn’t well-founded. Nathan doesn’t take the bait.
Nathan is a man of faith. He’s not overly impressed by the wishy-washy love-songs often called praise music (he’s been known to show up late to church so he could skip the burden).
He’s not a fan of “go get ’em tiger” motivational sermons. He does, however, enjoy and appreciate good, theological, Biblical, doctrinal preaching.
He’s becoming the go-to man for matters of faith and practice among his friends, and will grow in leadership in this area in the future, I’m convinced.
A good doctrinal mind is hard to find, so he will become a magnet for those who are spiritually hungry for meat.
Nathan is a writer, like his dad. He gets frustrated when he doesn’t get some alone-time to think, prepare his thoughts, and get them on electronic paper (he actually doesn’t know how to use real paper and pen–he’s a modern boy in that regard). His writing is deep, insightful, and humorous.
Nathan is a man of dry, subtle humor (in this he inherits a long-held trait of the men in the White family). Those who don’t think in the vein of dry subtlety miss the humor.
Those who do think in this vein will smile on the outside and laugh on the inside.
Happy Birthday, my Son. I’m proud of you.
I’ll close with one of my favorite poems, written by my favorite poet–
If
by Rudyard Kipling
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;
If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son
How To Use This Example To Come Up With A Beautiful Speech
Let’s first review it by looking at the writer’s opener.
Here are excerpts…
Twenty-one years ago today (August 11, 1994), Shelley and I had the wonderful joy of receiving a gift of God in the form of a baby boy.
Randy and Nathan White, 1994
We lived in Munday, Texas at the time. The First Baptist Church of Munday was my first pastorate, and still is one of the greatest blessings we’ve enjoyed.
My comments/take-home writing points: This is by far one of the brilliant pieces I have seen.
But, I feel it could have been made better if Randy had told his audience who he was since some party guests be wondering who he is.
For example, he could have said…Good evening and welcome everyone. I am Eric, Dan’s proud dad.
Got it?
Make Sure You Do This Well
Well, the introduction is one of the most vital parts of your speech and if written well, it can grab the attention of the audience from the get-go and even relieve you from nervous tension.
There are so many ways of opening with a bang but we will just look at only of the time-tested ways of starting your speech.
First, you can begin with a story. Did you notice how the speaker kick-started his piece with a story? You should do the same by reliving memories of how you felt before your son or daughter was born and after birth?
Second, you can start with a song. You can sing your words to the beat of a well-known song and that’s usually the best way of connecting with the audience and making your presentation very memorable.
We are not done yet…so, let’s look at a summary of the body…
…Nathan was shy, inquisitive, and independent from day one. Twenty-one years later, he’s outgoing, but doesn’t feel any need to socialize just for socialization sake…
He’s more inquisitive than ever (he’s rather watch a TED talk or listen to an executive summary of some cutting edge topic than play a video game or hang out at the mall…
One of the things of which I’m most grateful is that I had the privilege of taking him to school every morning, from Kindergarten through 9th grade. Our little drives to school were wonderful times of discussion about life and worldview.
I’m even more grateful that after the 9th grade we got off that train and he began a home school / online program.
The blessing of those three years, having Nathan at home or doing his work in my office was wonderful. I was able to watch him learn like never before, and grow into the smart young man he is today. (On a side note, if you are considering some form of home school, I am a big proponent.
Why let others shape the worldview of your sons and daughters?)…
Nathan is a man of faith. He’s not overly impressed by the wishy-washy love-songs often called praise music (he’s been known to show up late to church so he could skip the burden).
My comments/take home writing points:
The body of is undoubtedly the backbone of your speech and you should spend a great deal of time and effort on it since the memories you provide will stay with the guests for a very long time.
How To Come Up With Ideas For The Body Of Your Speech
To begin with, decide on the kind of speech you want to write.
Do you want to use a storytelling approach, funny, sentimental, song-like, poetic or a combination of two or more styles?
Then, create an outline for the orderly presentation of your material. To do that, you have to go grab your paper and pen and ask yourself a few questions.
Provide responses to such questions as:
- How was your child like when he or she was a little boy?
- What were his or her favorite sports, hobbies…?
- How did you feel when he or she was becoming a teenager?
- Do you have memories of things your child did or said or event events that inspire laughter?
- Why are you so proud of him or her?
- What one thing about your son or daughter do you really admire?
- How is he or she a blessing to your family?
These questions and more will form the skeleton of your message.
Finally, using that entire example we looked at as a guide plus your answers, just pour your heart out without worrying about how messy things look like on paper because you can go back to review it until you’re completely satisfied with it.
Now, let’s critique the concluding lines. Here are parts of it.
…Happy Birthday, my Son. I’m proud of you.
I’ll close with one of my favorite poems, written by my favorite poet–
If
by Rudyard Kipling
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;
If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken…
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue…
Believe it or not, your last lines are as important as your opening lines.
Yet, most dads execute it poorly because they have no idea of how to end very well.
Ok…Let me give you some ideas on how to close on a bright note.
Winding up with poetry as this speaker has done is a sure way of getting things done.
Using Rudyard Kipling’s
‘’If you can keep your head when all about you’’ or another poem is a step in the right direction.
That’s not all. You can use any of the following quotes.
''There are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why.''- William Barclay
''God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well'' – Voltaire
''The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.''- Oprah Winfrey
''The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance.''- Brian Tracy
''The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.''- Denis Waitley
Can you use any of those to put something down?
I’d like to use William Barclay’s ’There are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why to give you an idea.
Here you go:
There are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why…
On the most memorable day of my son’s(daughter’s) life, I am filled with a deep sense of gratitude for the kind of person he’s become…. Did you see how I did that?
PS This time-sensitive message is for only dads who are hell-bent on giving the best speech ever! Don't read if you want an ordinary speech.
Do You Know This Simple And Very Easy-To-Follow Plan Can Help You Come Up With The Best Birthday Speech Ever? That's What Most Moms And Dads Use But You Probably Haven't Thought About It!
Dear Loving Dad,
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, many dads 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.
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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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''Hi Dan,
The speech went very well, I modified it a bit and practiced it as you suggested (great advice). Thanks for all your help and if I need a prepared speech again I’ll definitely contact you.
All the best,
Matt''
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The speech went very well, I modified it a bit and practiced it as you suggested (great advice). Thanks for all your help and if I need a prepared speech again I’ll definitely contact you.
All the best,
Matt''
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