大家好，我是新娘的母親。為了今天我和我先生已經等了28年了。我們要感謝所有來自遠近的朋友專程趕來分享我們的快樂和幸福。雖然把她送給新郎讓我們依依不舍，但我們知道這是她生命中的一個重要的裏程碑。
首先，我想轉達我們中國大陸所有親戚的祝福。由於旅行限製，他們無法來美國和我們一起慶祝。特別是在成都的外婆和上海的阿娘，以及天上的外公和爺爺，他們幫忙撫養Vivien長大，他們會很高興看到他們寶貝孫女生命中的重要時刻。
當我們看著美麗的新娘時，我們不禁想到和她在一起的所有歲月。我們很幸運地看著她成長，成為今天的美麗少婦。Vivien是我們的第一個孩子。在她出生之前，我們知道會是個女孩。作為鐵杆女權主義者，我們不想讓性別設訂影響到她。我們的第一個問題是“哪種顏色？”經過仔細考慮，我們兩個工程師選擇了綠色和黃色。你們可以想像，Vivien現在最喜歡的顏色是粉紅色。由於我們的固執，Vivien直到三歲才有了自己的泡泡連衣裙和芭比娃娃，這時我們才意識到我們向一個方向推得太多了。我們像對待自己的寶貝產品一樣嚐試各種養育孩子的方式，經曆了各種嚐試和糾正的反複，我們很高興Vivien長大後成為了一位聰明而自信的女孩。看著她像一朵盛開的花一樣成長和成熟，對我們來說是一個巨大的安慰。Vivien，做你的父母是一種快樂和特權，你爸爸和我想讓你知道我們非常愛你，你的一切都讓我們為你驕傲。
Vivien曾經說過，她想經曆一個正常孩子應該經曆的任何事情。我們也是。我們覺得我們和她一起長大，我們和她一起閱讀了從學前班到高中的所有書籍，與她和她的朋友們一起在電影院看了所有的電影，並花了很多時間在家裏觀看所有情景喜劇，包括Arthurs、Cosby show，Fear Factor、How I met your mother和《生活大爆炸》等。隨著歲月的流轉，我們非常幸運地分享了她重要的裏程碑和普通生活中的喜悅和溫柔。當事情沒有像我們預期的那樣順利時，看到她在車後部哭泣，我們感到心碎。Vivien對自己的未來有著明確的規劃，並且積極地努力去實現自己的夢想。盡管她有時也麵臨很多挫折，但她從未放棄，她總是撿起破碎的碎片，繼續前行。看到她邁出的每一步和她達到的每一個裏程碑，我們和她一樣流下了激動的淚水。作為我們的第一個產品，我們的快樂寶寶隨著她自己的個性而成長。我們看到她成為一名照顧孩子的兒科醫生，努力為社會作貢獻。作為父母我們還有何求？
今天下午我們看著她嫁給了Ryan。我們很高興Ryan和Vivien找到了對方。我們要感謝程先生和程夫人養育了一個優秀的兒子，今天我們有了一個女婿，並且擴展了我們的大家庭。
Vivien和Ryan，爸爸媽媽祝你們婚姻一生幸福。正如我已故的父親曾經所說，成功的婚姻需要兩個人有家庭責任感，能容忍彼此的缺點，最重要的是，永遠不要試圖改變你的配偶。今天，我們充滿了自豪和信心，希望你們倆帶著你們的愛踏上美麗的旅程。我們迫不及待地想和你們在未來一起慶祝更多快樂的生活裏程碑。願你的婚姻充滿夢想的實現，相互的支持，和永無止境的愛。
Hi, everyone, I am the bride’s mother. My husband and I have been waiting for 28 years for this moment. We would like to thank everyone, who has come from far and near to share our joy and happiness. Although giving her away is overwhelming, it is satisfactory to know she marries to a wonderful young man.
First I would like to convey the blessing from all our relatives in mainland China. Due to the travel restrictions, they would not be able to come to the US to celebrate with us. Especially the grandma in Chengdu 外婆 and grandma in Shanghai 阿娘，and the two grandpas in the heaven, The grandparents have been part of Vivien’s life when she was a little girl. They would be thrilled to see their precious granddaughter’s important day in her life.
As we look at the beautiful bride, we cannot help but reflect on all the years with her. We are very lucky to watch her grow and become the beautiful woman she is today. Vivien was our first baby. Before she was born, we knew it would be a girl. As hard-core feminists, we did not want our baby girl exposed to gender stereotypes in society. Our first question was “which color?”. After careful deliberation, two engineers settled with color green and yellow. But, as you may imagine, Vivien’s favorite color is pink. Because of our stubbornness, Vivien did not have a girly dress or a Barbie doll until she was three years old, when we realized that we pushed too much in one direction. Despite her parents’ trial and error, Vivien grew up to become a smart and confident young lady. Watching her grow and mature like a flower in bloom has been a great joy to us.
Vivien used to say that she would want to experience whatever a normal kid should experience. So did we. We feel that we grew up with her, we read all the books with her from preschool to high school, saw all the movies in the theater with her and her friends, and spent numerous time at home watching all the TV shows including Arthur, the Cosby show, Fear Factor, How I met your mother, and the Big Bang theory, to name a few. We were very fortunate to share the smile and tenderness in her important milestones and ordinary activities as the years whizzed by, as well as feeling heartbroken to see her crying on the back of the car when things didn't turn out well as we expected. Vivien is highly motivated to be successful towards her goal, she never gives up despite all the challenges she faced, she picked up broken pieces and moved on, and has grown into a strong woman who has gracefully come into her own. We had joyful tears with her to see every step she took and every milestone she reached. As our first product, our little bundle of joy grows up following her own personality and desire. Today she is a medical doctor caring for kids with great passion and sense of humor.
This afternoon, we watched her marrying a wonderful young man, Ryan. We are very glad that Ryan and Vivien found each other. We would like to thank Mr. And Mrs. Cherng for raising a brilliant son, today we received a son-in-law, and expanded our extended family.
Vivien and Ryan, mom and dad wish you both a lifetime happiness in your marriage. As my late father said, a successful marriage requires family responsibility, tolerance to each other’s flaws, and most importantly, never ever trying to change your spouse. Today, we are filled with pride and confidence that you two will embark on the beautiful journey with the love you two share. We cannot wait to celebrate many more happy occasions with you two. May your marriage be full of dreams realized, support for each other, and never ending love.
