The letter to my daughter on her 20th birthday

You are our first child and only daughter in our family. The moment you came into our lives, our whole world turned upside down. You were such a beautiful, eye-catching, and doll-like baby girl. After my first sight of you, I totally forgot about the words I said to your daddy when I married him; that we only wanted be a DINK family (double income no kids). You were just an angel sent by God. You won your father’s heart over completely right after your birth. Your father’s entire being was focused on you and sometimes it seemed like you were the main driving force behind his study and work in Canada. Between our three kids, you were the only one that daddy patiently fed and for whom he changed diapers. Daddy helped you take your first step and tried his best to stay awake during your bed time stories. Not to mention every ballet lesson, skating lesson, swimming lesson, Kumon lesson… Every Friday and Saturday, you had your countless music lessons at the Young Artistic Performing Academy of the Royal Conservatory Music downtown – your daddy was always there with you.  He went with you to all of your piano competitions, local ones, provincial ones, and even the national, international ones.  He was so proud of you and he even had a dream that eventually he would rest in his beloved daughter's piano playing.

The daughter is a treasure in the eyes of her father, the favorite of the three. Since your childhood, your father protected you very much (sometimes you interpreted it as over protection). As a first generation immigrant from mainland China, we did not have savings in our bank accounts, but the children's education costs were good enough to afford a house. In two decades, he did not want to scold you that were why he could not endure anyone to verbally insult you or physically hurt you. You are a princess in his heart. Whenever you laugh, he will be happy; your cry, he will be in pain. He understood that in the future, he would not be able to keep protecting you. He decided to bring you to the family of God, so that you would know the Lord, love the Lord, and serve the Lord. Seeing you grow in the name of Lord, your father is so pleased and thankful. Every day, we pray the Lord Jesus Christ that our God will keep you in His love, not into temptation, away from danger. Live your whole life in the house of Jehovah  forever.