Mom and Dad: We were getting nervous and excited on the Mehndi day morning.  When we woke up in the morning, we were thinking “Oh my God! Finally the day has come and a lot of people are coming to our home… How we going to handle this?” But, when we looked outside, we were so proud seeing our home and the way it was decorated. When we  went outside, tears came from our eyes and those tears were happiness tears. We remember Shovaen’s family walking up and into our home and starting the festivities.  Jaya slept in her room one last time before the wedding.

On the Sangeet day, we left from home to the hotel and arrived in the hotel lobby. We could not believe that finally the day had come and we are going to leave our home that we ARE GOING TO GIVE OUR DAUGHTER AWAY! To the Patel’s and she will belong with Shovaen now. Once we got in the hotel room, we could not believe that we were staying in that suit… one which we only can dream about. We were feeling on top of the world that God had given us this opportunity to have the wedding in such a beautiful hotel. When we walked into the Sangeet hall, we were amazed to see that THIS hall is for our Godhwani daughter’s Sangeet party. We can see the people’s eyes saying wow!!! What an amazing Sangeet party. Jaya & Shovaen were looking so great, all the people were dressed up, Sindhi people were playing Garba… Ravi & Tara danced to Meri Pyari Behaniya Banegi Dulhaniya, Saj Ke Ayenge Dulhe Raja made us cry! What a food bazaar there was with the food choices!!!

Finally the day arrived which we were planning for a long time. The Ceremony and the Kanyadan… The wish of every parent. We walked Jaya to the Mandap. What a beautiful scene at the Garden in Intercontinental. When Jaya & Ravi were little kids, we use to think we would like to do their weddings at the Intercontinental Hotel and our wish was fulfilled. Sitting at the Mandap, we were very happy and sad at the same time that we are giving our daughter away and that we are going to fulfill our duty and complete the biggest responsibility of our lives after doing the best we could as parents.

Getting ready for the Reception, we were thinking tonight is the grand finale! We walked into the reception hall, and it was a proud moment to see the beautiful setting. We could not believe it was our daughter’s wedding reception happening. We will never forget how we did it, but we all got it done and thank God we made it happen!

Shovaen’s family was very great and very cooperative from start to finish. We had a lot of fun with all the Patel's!

Dad: The speech was ready, and I was making sure that tears should not come from my eyes. Dancing with Jaya for the father and daughter dance, wow it was a great feeling. For Indu's speech, she just didn’t want to write it down and to just go up there and speak!

We remember seeing friends and family and seeing smiles on all the faces. It was done and thanks for the all the help to Tara, Meena Bua, Dolly, Ravi and all the friends who put a lot of effort to make sure everything goes smooth. We also remember not being able to eat! Every time we tried someone would want to speak with us and say congratulations!

After reception we got in our room and slept very well. The next day Jaya was coming home as a married girl. She is a Patel now, she was my baby girl, and will always be daddy's girl.

Mom: The shoe story was a very scary and funny moment! Ravi was trying to protect the shoes and the boys were trying to steal the shoe! They both fell on the floor and I was thinking “LET IT GO!” But Ravi and the others were fighters and we got the shoes back!