that prayer, and thank you everyone for being here for this celebration of life of our mayor, edwin mah lee. thank you, anita, breanna and tanya for sharing your father with our city, for allowing them -- him to work with us, and that, we know, has taken time away from your family. and we want you to know how many lives your dad and your husband have touched all over the city and all over this country. our condolences are also with the entire lee family at this time. in these difficult days since we lost mayor lee, i find myself often reflecting on what he meant to all of us. what he meant to the chinese american community, to those who worked alongside him and to the city he served. four years ago, i joined mayor lee with anita on a sister city trip to shanghai, china. now, the mayor certainly has his accolades here, but in china, he was an icon. to everyone we met and everywhere we met, mayor lee was like beyonce with the mustache. yes, ed was also ed. he carried his own luggage. he held the door for his wife, anita, and for others. he brought him little doggie bags home from the restaura