Writing Our Own Personalized Wedding Vows
Girls, I am not really sure how I managed to convenience him to try to write his own wedding vows…but he came around to my idea. I like to think that it had something to do with the fact that this was not the first wedding for either of us and we wanted to use words and thoughts that were unique to our wedding day, however, I am thinking he agreed just to make me happy and to make me stop asking.
We eventually agreed that we would each write our own wedding vows… we each went about the task in very different ways. For me I began writing out ideas of things that I wanted to include in my vows. I wanted to mention the fact that we were getting married at my grandmother’s house in an honor to my grandfather, who was no longer there. They had been married for fifty two years and were a great inspiration to Robert and I.
Another thing that I wanted to include is the fact that in our relationship Robert and I had weathered many storms… and if all of those challenges could not break us… nothing could. I wanted to make note of the fact that we were not just joining our lives as a couple… but with our children, we were joining an entire new family.
On the other hand there was Robert, a few days before our wedding I found him sweating over the computer. He was on a website that actually helped you write your own personal wedding vows. They had wedding words or language that he could use, pre-written vows, poems, and other ways that he could have cheated… I called foul.
I told him that I did not care if the words rhymed or sounded perfect… I just wanted to know that they were his words. I wanted to hear his thoughts on our love and the fact that we were starting a new life together.
I know that it was really hard for him to go outside of his comfort zone and share with our friends and family the way that he felt on our special day, but the fact that he did made our day all the more special. His words were short and sweet, but perfect…
“You are my true love, the one I want to spend the rest of my life with I have known that since our first kiss. I pledge to you that I will love you, cherish you, honor you, and be there for you in good time and bad. I pledge my love to you here in front of our family, friends, and God. On this day, you are making me the happiest man in the world by becoming my wife.”
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August 14th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
I think it is a great idea to personalize your vows. I always would be worrying about getting the words out without reading directly off a paper. It’s difficult to gaze into the other’s eyes and read. It is however, far more beautiful to hear truly personalized thoughts.