August 17, 2011
　　Lauren,
　　劳伦，
　　As the big weekend approaches I am more and more worried that I might break up during my toast so as a pre-emptive strike please accept this letter and gifts. My feelings about you and your marriage are personal and while I hope to share the sentiments with those at the dinner, it's more important to me that you realize how much I love you and how proud I am of the amazing woman you have become.
　　随着这个重要周末的临近，我越来越担心自己可能在祝酒时失控，为了先发制人，请你提前接受这封信和这些礼物。对于你的婚姻，我觉得是很私人的事情，但我希望可以在晚宴上与大家分享我的感受。对我来说更重要的是，你能够意识到我是多么爱你，并为你成为一个这样了不起的女人而感到多么自豪。
　　My memory for specifics is terrible but my memory for how precious you were as a child is vivid. I loved cradling you in my arms in the wee hours of the morning when you awoke for a bottle, draping your sleepy body over my shoulder when you were too pooped to walk, giving you under doggies in the park, tossing you high in the air in the pool in Marine, and reading kids books on the floor of the Denver book store with you on my lap. From your first days you have had a quiet, beautiful, and kind demeanor. You are thoughtful, sensitive, caring and loving. You were, and still are, an angel.
　　我对细节的记忆很糟糕，但我对于你作为一个孩子是多么珍贵的记忆仍然历历在目。当你清晨因为饥饿而醒来时，我喜欢抱你入怀轻轻摇晃；当你筋疲力尽不能走路时，我喜欢把你困乏的身体放在我的肩膀上；我喜欢在公园里为你荡秋千，在缅因的游泳池里把你抛向空中，在丹佛的书店里让你坐在我的膝盖上为你读小人书。你安静、美丽、善良的气质与生俱来。你体贴、细腻、关怀、友爱。你曾经是一个天使，并且依然如此。
　　When I think of you as an adult, I think of your big heart. It's your heart that has led you to be a bright point of light causing millions of meals to be served to hungry kids. It is your heart that has led you to your vegetarian lifestyle. It is your heart that helps you care for family and friends in need. For these reasons I have selected three hearts that are this dad's gift to his soon to wed daughter.
　　当我把你作为一个成年人来对待时，我想到了你博大的胸怀。正是你的心，引导你成为一抹亮点，让饥饿的孩子们得以享用数百万顿的膳食。正是你的心，让你养成素食的生活方式。正是你的心，让你懂得照顾家庭和那些有需要的朋友。基于这些原因，我选择了三颗心作为一个父亲给他即将结婚的女儿的礼物。
　　One heart is a locket with a picture of you and me together. It's a reminder that of the men in your life I loved you first and will always love you forever and ever---the kind of unconditional love that your granny and gampy have all their kids and grandkids all their lives.

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