Vows
Clay is not a “writing our own vows” kind of guy and I respect that.
But, the writer in me, the one who lives in her head, swimming with words…well that girl is having a hell of a time thinking of stating the standard words everyone else states. If he would let me, I would say these words. I would hold his hands and most assuredly have the sea air blow bits of my hair into my lip gloss. I would hold back my own tears to tell him these things, to tell him that my heart is irrevocably his. But, he won’t. I will say them here, instead.
With this ring, I promise you all of the things I fear promising. Because in you, my safe harbor, my heart fears nothing. I promise you this heart, this body, this spirit. I promise you these things in all of their various states and I take yours in all of their various states. I promise in our wildest wealth or our most lean days of suffering that you will find me, by your side. I promise that your door will always be mine to guard. I promise to strive to give you my best, but to trust you with my worst. I promise I will treat your dreams as my dreams, your wants as my wants, your worries as my worries, your heart as my heart.
Til our days are no longer I am yours.
Where you go, I will go and where you stay, I will stay.
February 6th, 2012 at 4:58 am
Shoot – I’ll marry you!!!! Seriously, those words are so perfect for you two. Perhaps he’d be willing to read vows that YOU wrote rather than the ones out of a book?
February 6th, 2012 at 7:04 am
oh this was lovely! xo
February 6th, 2012 at 9:26 am
Or maybe after reading the standard vows you (or the preacher, judge, whomever is marrying) can read the vows. Or have a close friend read the vows to everyone? Words are too wonderful for your guests to miss.
February 6th, 2012 at 10:25 am
Lovely. I hope you can find a way to work some or all of them in.
February 6th, 2012 at 4:11 pm
Print these on your invites. Or on the program. Or on a banner that flows behind the flyby airplane . . .
Just do it.
February 6th, 2012 at 8:29 pm
I agree with everyone else. Those should be heard, or read, or incorporated somehow. They’re wonderful.
February 7th, 2012 at 3:43 am
You made me swoon.
But then again your words always do.
xx
February 7th, 2012 at 4:30 am
Truly lovely words. You write beautifully.
It wasn’t in us to write our vows either when we quietly got married. But we used a non-traditional ceremony, the Happiness Ceremony.
February 7th, 2012 at 11:16 am
This is so beautiful. Just so beautiful.
It’s great to see you here again. You’ve been missed!
February 7th, 2012 at 12:37 pm
Love.
February 8th, 2012 at 4:48 pm
So much lovelier than ’til death do us part.’ Really, really lovely.
February 10th, 2012 at 10:45 am
This is absolutely gorgeous.
Clay? Wise up, my friend. You’ve got a gem here. Let her shine.
February 10th, 2012 at 4:25 pm
oh my. i had goosebumps the whole time. gorgeous. so gorgeous.
February 11th, 2012 at 7:15 am
oh to be loved like that.
February 13th, 2012 at 10:17 pm
I totally imagined your hair stuck in your lip gloss with every word I read. We hear you. It’s gorgeous.
February 16th, 2012 at 6:56 pm
I’m so glad you two have each other. What love!
March 31st, 2012 at 10:31 pm
You, are beautiful. Your spirit, your words, your heart. Beautiful. I just found you, but I may never leave. I love your blog that much!
May 24th, 2012 at 2:26 pm
seriously? this brought me to tears. Happy, wonderful, ginormous, fat, giggling tears. My co-workers think i’m crazy at the moment.