The most important part of any wedding are the vows. They are the words any bride waits not only to say but to hear. The hardest thing nowadays is deciding what vows you are going to say. You no longer have to choose the traditional route, although you certainly can if that is what you choose.
You can choose to write your own vows where you each say all the things that you want to say. If you go this route I would suggest typing them up on note cards. After all hand writings can get confusing sometimes and you don’t want to misread something you have written. Another option is to simply wing it and say whatever it is that you are each feeling in the moment. Of course you do run the risk of saying something you don’t mean to but it can be funny as well.
Brides and grooms sometimes get so choke up trying to get the words out and deciding what to say and what to leave out. We left out the “Does anyone object” part because I didn’t want to have to turn around and stomp my feet at my mother like a little child. In my defense I can tell you that both of my brothers told me they considered doing the same thing for the same reason.
This time when we remarry we are choosing something a little different. Our vows have been pre-written and are not the traditional vows but what we feel in our hearts. also I will be saying my vows in English while Edgar says his in Spanish. It is our way of showing just how blended and happy we are. This time we are choosing what we want and the way we want it.
I live in a small Georgia town that you most likely have never heard of and I LOVE it! My house is more than full as I am a single mother of four & caregiver to my aging mother and uncle. Lover of all things Outlander. Goes to the beat of her own drum woman.
Mary Beth Elderton says
Hubz and I were married by a Justice of the Peace with mostly the traditional vows–we didn’t write anything ourselves. But the great JP who married up stuck in a line:
“And brag on each other every day..”
Wonderful! We do!
Congrats on your renewal vows!
Tammy S says
When we got married we just went to the Justice of the Peace. It was what we both wanted and made it easier for both our families. So we didn’t write our vows even though we could have. I think it is wonderful how you and Edgar want to renew your vows. I love the way it shows how well you are blended into one family.
Denise Taylor-Dennis says
We got married in Las Vegas so it was traditional. How nice that you are renewing your vows.