Confirmation Speech from Grandparents – Inspiration and Examples

Ruby, when you were little, you always fell asleep in my lap during Sunday lunch. Not just occasionally — every single week, without fail, right around the time your grandfather started telling the same story about his old car that none of us had ever asked to hear again. You'd lie there with your cheek against my arm while the rest of the family talked right over you, and I'd barely dare move for fear of waking you.

Your mum used to tease me that I was the only person you ever fell asleep on outside your own house. I think it was because you knew nothing bad was ever going to happen while you slept there — that I'd just stay put, however long it took, until you woke up on your own. Some Sundays I sat there for over an hour with a dead arm because I couldn't bring myself to disturb you for a cup of tea.

You're not the kind of girl who falls asleep in anyone's lap anymore. You have opinions on everything from politics to which coffee is actually worth drinking, and you say them out loud without asking anyone's permission first. But somewhere in there, you're still that same little girl who trusted the world enough to close her eyes in the middle of a crowded room.

— Confirmation speech, grandmother