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Letter To My Daughter - On her wedding day

Handmade and heartfelt,

the inspirational wedding day gift that will be treasured for

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(Here's a good example of what can be achieved. Chris wanted something special for his daughter, Amy Michelle. Chris has kindly given his permission for their poem and story to be published)

Letter To My Daughter - On her wedding day

Full Name:             Chris Cane

Who do you want the poem written for?: Amy Michelle Cane

Why do you want the poem written ?: Her wedding day - September 20th 2003

Key Messages:          My unending love and appreciation for her hard work and accomplishments. My continuing support for her and now her groom (Brian)
My lifelong commitment of me to her mother and vice versa and how important it is that she and Brian make the same commitment.

Memorable Moments:     Amy has always been an over achiever and highly goal oriented. Losing is something that's not in her vocabulary.

Go to www.minipug.com and read "Amy's first recital", and "Dad loses the battle" and "Clearing the table" and " Amy and the Toilet Seat" and "The Snail Story" and "Amy all you can eat" and perhaps the toughest one of all "Amy goes to college"

Other Comments:        Amy was born July 19th 1975. She's been "living in sin" for about 3-4 years with Brian, I call him my son-out-law (all in jest). Her mom and I think the world of Brian and we know she's made a great choice.

Style:           The mood must be upbeat and happy, this will be her wedding day!

Package Type:          Deluxe

ED: Chris sent me a lot more information than this. The title and theme came from here . We took out a heap of verses about Amy's childhood as Chris decided he wanted to talk about those after the poem. FYI.

Letter To My Daughter

Letter to my daughter,

I know we've heard these words before.

In fact, it's been a few times now,

I'm having trouble keeping score.

But nevertheless, time waits for no man,

there are days when important things need to be said

and I can't help having a feeling of trepidation,

actually it's a feeling that's a lot closer to dread.

You see, a father looks forward to this day,

but it's a moment he fears with all his heart.

It's the day he says "goodbye" to his little girl,

it's the day when we grow a little further apart.

But having said all that

and I certainly don't want you to pity me,

because my heart is filled with pride and gladness

and a finer daughter there'll never, ever be.

You and I have grown up together

you've certainly helped to turn this boy into a man,

I'll admit to having great ambitions for fatherhood,

but not everything always went exactly to plan.

But like I said before, time waits for no man

and I do have a few important things to say

and there's never ever been a better occasion,

than on my beloved daughter's wedding day.

Be assured, in Brian, you've made a very fine choice

and I know you'll be very happy together,

just remember to be committed to each other

and you'll have a love that'll last forever and ever.

Because I know, I'm committed to your Mum

and she is, to me, committed right back,

that's how we've remained together

and that's why, we've always stayed right on track.

Secondly, my love for you, Amy, is unending,

it's like the edge of the Universe, but beyond,

I'm so very proud of all your accomplishments

and your determination is your magic wand.

Because you've always been an over achiever

and have always worked to an impossible, but possible, goal,

just know that you are very much a part of who I am,

you are a part of my head, my heart, my very soul.

And I'm glad Brian's finally asked for your hand,

sadly, I'll no longer have a son-out-of-law,

but I genuinely think the world of you both

and that's probably what these words are for.

Because, this is my letter to my daughter

and now I have so much left to say,

and Amy, if I was going to mark your scorecard with a letter,

it would have to be with a capital "A".

www.agiftofpoetry.com

Here's a great photo of Amy and Brian.

Remember you can't post anything until Sept 20th!

To see a little more you can visit Amy's wedding site at

www.amycane.com Photos at: http://www.amycane.com/photos.htm

Many thanks, it's looking very good!

Chris

And why is the poem called Letter To My Daughter?

Here's a letter we wrote to Amy when she was graduating from Denison University. Her Delta Gamma sorority requested w do it so they could read it to her from her parents. She had just finished putting on a one woman play called "Letters to my daughter" by Arnold Wesker.

Chris Cane,

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April 1997

Dear Amy

Letter to a Daughter? Where have we heard those words before? If you think Melanie was challenged while writing to Marike, just imagine how two literally challenged parents feel.

So now it’s time to pass on our counsel to our elder daughter. Well first and foremost as you’ve chosen to remain in the north. “Don’t eat yellow snow!”

While browsing the web the male parental unit came across the words of the fabled Aesop “Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.” Do those words apply to Amy? We think not!. You’ve striven to be the best in all that you attempt. Marike was told to choose her peers wisely, you must choose your projects wisely. You must learn from your failures and be judged on your successes. Wow, that’s actually insightful.

The plagiarist in us causes us to want to borrow words from Arnold Wesker’s play. The arrogance in us causes us to want to write our own. As we’re sure Melanie’s epistle is etched in your brain, it seems more fitting that we use some but not all of her ideas as advice to you.

With humble apologies to Mr. Wesker! Being a woman is hell and ecstasy[1], and firm bums, wet lips, sultry glances[2]. Everything has a consequence[3]. Select your peers[4] while being aware of your emotions[5]. Don’t blame others for what goes wrong in your life[6]. Love has nothing to do with anything[7]. Reflectively love has everything to do with nothing. Use reason to understand[8] that men are the products of their mothers and can be blamed for nothing[9]. Don’t let others abuse you and don’t be smug[10].

Your credo is “Be Involved!” In your short tenure at Denison you’ve been involved in so many aspects of college life that it’s impossible to list them here. We spent the first twelve months of your life teaching you to walk and talk and the rest just sitting back and proudly watching you fly!

Yesterday you were only nine and sang “Tomorrow” in the church hall, today you must remember that tomorrow is the next day in the rest of your life and never do today what you can put off until tomorrow.

In the movie “The Graduate” thirty years ago, upon graduating from a prestigious Ivy League college, Dustin Hoffman's Benjamin Braddock was told that the future was in . . . "plastics." What a concept for the nineties and obviously not a bad thought for Amy Cane.

Let’s close with the words of Confucius!

I hear and I forget.

I see and I remember.

I do and I understand.

All our love

Dum and Mad

Things we learned while creating this letter!

1) The word parental can be misspelled as prenatal and the spell checker does not care.

2) It’s easy to use too many words.

3) Plagiarism is fun.

4) Lily Tomlin said - There's so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic.

Footnotes:

From Arnold Wesker’s play “Letter to a Daughter”

Here are the ten most important things I have to tell you from Melanie to Marike:

[1] Being a woman is hell and ecstasy, BUT: it's hell and ecstasy for everyone! Mostly hell. So no self-pity, no favours, no special pleading.

[2] Firm bums, wet lips, and sultry glances bring down upon you the idiot male population--all hands, hot breath, and monosyllabic conversation. Achieve! Wear tight skirts, but achieve! Let your nipples stand erect, but achieve!

[3] Everything you do has a consequence. Not necessarily bad, but as sure as night follows day follows night follows day--consequences follow actions.

[4] Select your peers. Don't go with the herd. Don't look to be one of the gang. I know there's great comfort in a gang, in belonging, in being accepted but--resist it! 4a. Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today! . . . .because if you do it today and enjoy it, you can do it again tomorrow. ha ha ha No, no, let's be serious. Don't procrastinate. Don't delay. If something has to be done, do it immediately or the dirt will accumulate. The shit will gather. The avalanche will fall.

[5] Beware of emotions. Emotions seduce. One of the easiest things in the world is to intoxicate yourself with your favourite image of yourself, and the image of myself that I fell in love with was the image of myself as a magnificently erupting volcano.

[6] Don't blame other people for what goes wrong in your own life. I did these awful things, I WATCHED myself doing them, I KNEW they recurred again and again but I could do nothing about them and I never, never, never understood why.6

[7] Love has nothing to do with anything you dream or plan or decide for yourself. It makes no sense WHEN it happens, WHERE it happens, HOW it happens, or with WHOM it happens--which of course is a very good reason for avoiding it like the plague!

[8] Use your reason as much as possible, but don't expect reason from human nature.

[9] Men are the products of their mothers. Blame them for nothing. "Wrong" is its own gender--neither male nor female.

[10] Don't let anyone abuse you. And that's another thing that has its own gender--abuse. I've known many women as well as men who got high on abusing others--so be a woman, but don't be smug.