Good Evening everyone and thank you for joining us, as we look back on a love story that began 25 years ago. I’d also like to apologize for not being in person to deliver this. It means a lot that some of you have traveled from all over to make it here to share fond memories with us. A quote that I have heard off and on over the past couple of years comes to mind to describe the warmth in the room “To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides – David Viscott”
Dear Mom and Dad, firstly, I hope the two of you know how much Payal and I love you. It is a little overwhelming to sum up most of my lifetime of memories into a few sentences, but I’ll try my best.
I know for a fact that I would not be where I am today if it weren't for the
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Thank you for teaching us the true meaning of hard work. You’re the hardest working person I know and your accomplishments never cease to amaze me. Thank you for all the random advice you give which make a lot of sense a day later. Thank you for your jokes. And most importantly, thank you for showing us your love for God and always making prayer a firm part of our lives.
Mom, you are mine, Payal and Dad’s best friend. And we can’t begin to thank you for everything you have done and continue to do for our family. From the little day to day activities, like cooking our favorite dishes and tolerating our everyday annoyance to the bigger things like the endless love and support you give and for being a shoulder to rest when our lives get overwhelming. You’ve always been our solid rock through the different seasons of our lives and are always there to listen and do whatever you can to help. I personally love your go-getter personality and your big ideas and dreams.
I could go on forever thanking you both for every scolding, lesson, advice and love you have given Payal and I, and I hope you realize how thankful we are to be blessed with you both as parents. You continue to cultivate our thinking, while always having our backs. Your love for each other gives Payal and I something to strive for when we ourselves are
Ladies and gentlemen, it is apparently my job to do all the thankyous. The first and biggest thankyou is to all of you. Thank you all for choosing to share today with us. We are delighted and touched to see so many of you here. And thank you, of course, for all the wonderful gifts.
Thank you to all of our amazing family and friends for everything you have done. Words aren’t enough to express our love and gratitude we have for you.
We would like to thank both sets of parents as we wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for them.
My mother was a difficult, unusual and complex woman. She loved her daughters, Barbara, Wendy and myself, her sons-in law, Marty, John and David, her grandchildren Kenny, Cory and her stepgrandchildren, Mandy and Taryn, But if she loved her children, she absolutely adored her husband, my father. My Father was the truly abiding center and great passion of my mother’s life, as she was his, and knowing that they were coming up on their sixtieth anniversary only just barely gives you a glimpse at the strength of their love.
I would also like to thank you on behalf of Isia for all the love and help you have given her over the years. I thank you for making Isia the most loving, caring, sweet and kind person I have ever met. I really am the luckiest man alive.
I want to thank the most wonderful parents a child could ever have. Not only for the love, support and guidance over the years, but also for everything you’ve done towards today. Your massive contribution has been priceless and without you both we would have never managed and today would not have been possible or so special. Thank you Mom and Dad from the bottom of our hearts. And thank you Virginia for having such a wonderful son.
Good afternoon, let me just start by saying that the kindness, support, friendship, and love extended to me and my family during this difficult time has really touched my heart- we are sincerely appreciative!
You came into my life and changed me forever. Over the years people have complimented me for being a good mother but I can't take credit for that. You were born good and you were the one who was often teaching me. I believe you are an angel God sent to teach me. You taught me love. You taught me honesty. You taught me how to forgive and how to be strong. You are the strongest person I have ever known and you gave me strength when I was weak. When times were sad and tough I looked to you for strength. You taught me how to be myself. Most of all you taught me about life and how to live.
Thank you for taking care of Emma and me whenever we were sick. Thank you for showing me what it means to follow what you love. Thank you for showing me how to love. Thank you for letting me discover myself. Thank
Thank you for acknowledging my thoughts and feelings whether they are positive or negative, justified or unjustified, right or wrong. I feel safe being myself knowing I can not be perfect and you will still love me.
As a mother, I realize and truly admire the love you have for your daughter (me). I know you are always there during my difficult times and support me in the way you can. Your phone call and follow-up means a lot to me. Just knowing that, I can count on my mother and she is a phone call away. You are my source of strength
Maybe I don't have to thank you, but I want to. I want to thank you for all the days you help me, for all the times you accepted my insanity, and for believing in me. I can't imagine how you were once a stranger, I can't imagine my life without you! I wouldn't find a better partner to join me in my sarcastic events, in my depressing days, and in my successful ones.
I couldn't have been luckier to have such wonderful in-laws, thank you for making me feel so welcome in your family and for all your support with the wedding arrangements. A special thank you to my mother-in-law for sorting out the bridesmaids outfits and for making all of the invitations and order of service cards which were beautiful. And to my father-in-law, thank you for your lovely reading in church today.
We'd like to thank both of you for all the support given to the bride today as well as the other kind of support offered on the way home from the hen do. But most of all we want to thank you for blending in so well with the table cloths.
I just wanted to thank you for all that you have done for me. I don't think you realize how much you inspire me and I am so proud of the person you've become and are still becoming. I understand you've been through a lot and you haven't made the best choices, but I can see that you have grown. Truthfully, I've known from the first time I met you to now, that you were a strong person.