I want to give you something to help express my deepest wish for
you
and to help you remember this moment.
I give you the gift of sugar,
representing life's sweetness.
I wish that for you in abundance.
I give you the gift of rice,
May your life bring forth many fruits
from even the smallest of seeds.
I give you a silver coin,
that in your life you may have all that you need
and even more to share.
I also give you the gift of white cotton,
that you may live to become white-haired and wise.
Accept these gifts in the spirit of hope,
that love may be transmitted across the generations.
Anthony David