A Modern Ceremony

A more modern ceremony.

We are gathered here today in friendship and happiness to witness Jackie and Robert pledge their love in a setting that can never be duplicated in the entire world.

The reality is that everyone's life is limited to only a certain amount of time. As Robert G. Ingersoll said, "The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here." Take the time to make your partner feel special. Never take each other for granted.

Take the time to listen and to share. Give each other the benefit of the doubt because communication will be different at times and misunderstandings are inevitable. It takes time, effort, courage, and commitment to make a successful marriage.

Take the time to negotiate, to talk about your fears, failures, and disappointments. Talk about each other's expectations, hopes, and dreams. Be flexible and willing to adapt well to changes and new circumstances. Above all, take the time to tell each other what you want. Take the risk of being vulnerable with each other.

Bride and Groom, take each other by the hand and exchange your vows. Bride please go first.

(This is where if you have your own thoughts - you can say them)

Bride: We are together now, we two or haven't you noticed that we seem to spend a lot of time side by side. We wrote the kind of notes that people in love write, you walked me to class, and we looked into each other's eyes. Now I promise this day to love you as I did the day we met. As we grow together, I will always love you and care for you. We must work through life together and I will always be by your side. Together we can do all that we have dreamed.

Groom

Groom: Today I will marry my friend: that one I laugh with, live for, and dream with. We knew we loved each other and no matter what our age, we knew that we were meant to be together. I promise I will love you forever. I will work hard all the days of my life to take care of you and if we have to grow up, we can do it together. I will love you more than anyone has ever loved you and I will take you away to a place that's just our place, and I will protect you all of your life.

Groom, please repeat after me:
As your husband and your friend -
I promise that I will stand by you -
In sickness and in health -
For better and for worse -
For richer and for poorer -
For as long as we both shall live -
Do you, Groom take Bride to be your wife and pledge to her your respect and faithful love from this day forward?
(Groom says, "I do.")
Please place Bride's ring on her finger.

Bride, please repeat after me:
As your wife and your friend -
I promise that I will stand by you -
In sickness and in health -
For better and for worse -
For richer and for poorer -
For as long as we both shall live -
Do you Bride, take Groom, to be your husband and pledge to him your respect and faithful love from this day forward?
(Bride says, "I do.")
Please place Groom's ring on his finger.

You will be reminded each day of your commitment to this marriage with the wearing of your wedding ring. Bride and Groom, you have formalized in our presence the existence of the bond of love between you - vowing to be loyal and loving toward one another. In expressing your affirmations, you have pronounced yourself husband and wife.

I now pronounce Bride and Groom to be husband and wife.

Please embrace and kiss for the first time as husband and wife.

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Loving Quote:

"Marriage is not a ritual or an end. It is a long, intricate, intimate dance together and nothing matters more than your own sense of balance and your choice of partner."
~ Amy Bloom