大家好，我是新娘的母亲。为了今天我和我先生已经等了28年了。我们要感谢所有来自远近的朋友专程赶来分享我们的快乐和幸福。虽然把她送给新郎让我们依依不舍，但我们知道这是她生命中的一个重要的里程碑。
首先，我想转达我们中国大陆所有亲戚的祝福。由于旅行限制，他们无法来美国和我们一起庆祝。特别是在成都的外婆和上海的阿娘，以及天上的外公和爷爷，他们帮忙抚养Vivien长大，他们会很高兴看到他们宝贝孙女生命中的重要时刻。
当我们看着美丽的新娘时，我们不禁想到和她在一起的所有岁月。我们很幸运地看着她成长，成为今天的美丽少妇。Vivien是我们的第一个孩子。在她出生之前，我们知道会是个女孩。作为铁杆女权主义者，我们不想让性别设订影响到她。我们的第一个问题是“哪种颜色？”经过仔细考虑，我们两个工程师选择了绿色和黄色。你们可以想像，Vivien现在最喜欢的颜色是粉红色。由于我们的固执，Vivien直到三岁才有了自己的泡泡连衣裙和芭比娃娃，这时我们才意识到我们向一个方向推得太多了。我们像对待自己的宝贝产品一样尝试各种养育孩子的方式，经历了各种尝试和纠正的反复，我们很高兴Vivien长大后成为了一位聪明而自信的女孩。看着她像一朵盛开的花一样成长和成熟，对我们来说是一个巨大的安慰。Vivien，做你的父母是一种快乐和特权，你爸爸和我想让你知道我们非常爱你，你的一切都让我们为你骄傲。
Vivien曾经说过，她想经历一个正常孩子应该经历的任何事情。我们也是。我们觉得我们和她一起长大，我们和她一起阅读了从学前班到高中的所有书籍，与她和她的朋友们一起在电影院看了所有的电影，并花了很多时间在家里观看所有情景喜剧，包括Arthurs、Cosby show，Fear Factor、How I met your mother和《生活大爆炸》等。随着岁月的流转，我们非常幸运地分享了她重要的里程碑和普通生活中的喜悦和温柔。当事情没有像我们预期的那样顺利时，看到她在车后部哭泣，我们感到心碎。Vivien对自己的未来有着明确的规划，并且积极地努力去实现自己的梦想。尽管她有时也面临很多挫折，但她从未放弃，她总是捡起破碎的碎片，继续前行。看到她迈出的每一步和她达到的每一个里程碑，我们和她一样流下了激动的泪水。作为我们的第一个产品，我们的快乐宝宝随着她自己的个性而成长。我们看到她成为一名照顾孩子的儿科医生，努力为社会作贡献。作为父母我们还有何求？
今天下午我们看着她嫁给了Ryan。我们很高兴Ryan和Vivien找到了对方。我们要感谢程先生和程夫人养育了一个优秀的儿子，今天我们有了一个女婿，并且扩展了我们的大家庭。
Vivien和Ryan，爸爸妈妈祝你们婚姻一生幸福。正如我已故的父亲曾经所说，成功的婚姻需要两个人有家庭责任感，能容忍彼此的缺点，最重要的是，永远不要试图改变你的配偶。今天，我们充满了自豪和信心，希望你们俩带着你们的爱踏上美丽的旅程。我们迫不及待地想和你们在未来一起庆祝更多快乐的生活里程碑。愿你的婚姻充满梦想的实现，相互的支持，和永无止境的爱。
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.
