wedding speech
Namaste and gud afternoon.
Firstly a big thank u from the bottom of our hearts to ea and every one
of u for being here with us today. Its really difficult to find words to
express our gratitude.
Its very emotional for a mom to speak on her daughters
wedding day but I could not let this opportunity go! I started writing a
Bollywood style tearjerker speech but
then I thought …lets say it like it is… so I am going to tell u a true story…a
true love story.
Some of you may not realise that Bhavs and Amith are dating
for ten years as of 17 May this year. Hence the need to set the wedding date
today, as close as possible to that magic date marking 10 yrs of courtship. When
Bhav first told me about Amith, I
sed…tell him to come home! I want to see him!......... And he did. This was in
their matric year and I thought…hai bhagwan!
Kalas! ………So wen I met a very nervous Amith… who was trying to look very
calm, …I asked them both to pls put dating aside until the end of the final
matric paper! To my pleasant surprise they both agreed and Amith nodded several
times in agreement while wiping his forhead and I thought this poor child is so
afraid of me that he is sweating so much! I was told only this year by his mom
that excessive sweating is a genetic problem they both share! ……………..The days
went by and I was so happy knowing they wer obeying me until sumtime later wen
I was driving home past school and I saw them both holding hands and walking
home happily, oblivious to my hooting!
Well I did deal with the matter and had a talk with Bhavs
and we had drama Bollywood style and I sat Bhavs down and had a serious session
with her. At the end of that talk, she told
me sumthing that made me examine my
heart and soul. She sed….mum, he makes me happy. I thought long and hard and I decided that,
family relationships aside, if my child has found that one person in the world
that makes her happy, then who am I to deny my child this kind of bliss? I knew
she was just 17 then and life can take
many twists and turns but I decided to let her have her happiness. Off course
lots and lots of drama has ensued in the past ten years but ive seen Amith grow
as a person. Ive seen him mature and most importantly, ive seen how much he loves
my child. This is all a parent wants to see…..that there is that one person who
makes their child happy…so thank u Amith ….and im confidant that u will always
keep Bhav in that space.
But like every Bollywood style story, we have a mom in law…
no not Savitha thai …and not Lalitha Pawar….its Sandy Namlall. Once, we all went out for dinner together. No one
noticed me watch Amith telling Bhavs..dont eat too much u going to get fat!
Next thing I can hear Sandy from across the table saying..who u calling fat? U
fat, not bhav…u don’t call her fat!............. I was seated at the other end
of this long dinner table and as I witnessed Sandy stand up for Bhavs, I knew i
cud wave all my worries goodbye. My daughter was in gud hands. If ur mom in law
defends u then u are a winner! Recently Bhavs told me with a smirk on her
face..that Aunty Sandy always takes her part and not Amiths and Amith gets mad
abt this! Well it’s a gr8 feeling for me as a mother so thanks a lot Sandy, for
being there for my child. And a big thank u to Ramesh, Resh, Pritha and nani and the extended families for
accepting my child and so lovingly making her ur own.
Well this true love story has no end…indeed, today is a
beautiful beginning of a new and wonderful chapter in the lives of our hero and
heroine and I want to wish them, on behalf of
Prem, Kamal and Sundeep a very long and gloriously happy married life!
May all your days be magical! We love u
both lots and lots. Id like to end with
this special dedication to my daughter and son in law…..
Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come:
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come:
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.
Thank you!
