Friday, April 16, 2010


As your wife/husband
I am blessed to receive your love,
I will honor you with my caring,
sensitivity, strength, and gentleness.
I will be kind and honest, fair and true.
May God always keep us
and watch over our love and our home.

Monday, April 12, 2010

Mary Huff Chandler

Today
I give you my heart to you
and only you, forever.
I give you my trust,
my support
and my unconditional love.
I promise to be
your constant source of strength
and comfort.
I promise to be your place of rest.
I promise you our love will be endless.

Sunday, April 11, 2010


"I, ________. take you, ________,
from this day forward and into
the long forever to be my beloved,
my sweetheart, my darling, my wife/husband.

I promise always to love you,
to honor you, to adore you,
to give thanks for the gift
of your presence.
You are the one I admire;
You are the one I adore,
You are the one I choose
to go on with forever,
from now until the end
of my life."

"I ________ take you ________
to be my beloved wife/husband.

To stand with you in the grand love that binds us,
to honor you, to change with you,
to behold the highest meanings of our being,
to learn compassion with you,
to suffer with you,
to rejoice, to be kind.

I promise you this
from my heart
with my soul
till death do us part."

"All that I am and all that I have
I offer to you, my beloved,
in joy
in service
in sacred union.

All that I dream and all I desire
I ask from you, my beloved,
in thanksgiving
in anticipation
in celebration.

To delight in your body
To nourish your mind
To be at home with your spirit
the way a star is at home in the sky;
To celebrate your whole being with joy
as the sun emblazons the sea with its light;
To know you, love you, hold you, warm you
Through all the long days of our lives."

Saturday, April 10, 2010


"I, ________, receive you, ________
as my wife/husband.
May we love one another with constancy,
live joyously, laugh freely,
and support our marriage
through the trials and triumph to come.

I will strive to be fair and honest,
wise and true.
Join me in making our hopes and dreams come true
today and forever."

"Do you, ________,
of your own free will and consent,
choose________
to be your beloved wife/husband,
and do you promise
to love, honor, and cherish her/him always?"

"________, I promise to love you,
to cherish you,
and to respect you
in all ways, always.

I promise to participate fully
in our marriage partnership
I will give fully
of my mind, body, heart, and soul.

I promise to make your plans and dreams
as important to me as my own,
I promise to do my share
so that our lives together
can be healthy, happy, and abundantly satisfying.

I promise to lovingly fulfill these vows
each and every day
for all of my days.


"As your wife/husband,
I am blessed to receive your love.
I will honor you with my caring,
sensitivity, strength, and gentless.
I will be kind and honest, fair and true.
May God always keep us
and watch over our love and our home."


"________, I choose you
for the way your smile lifts my spirit,
for the way you support and respect me,
and for the way you make me feel about us.

I promise to share with you
all my hopes, fears, and dreams.
I promise to nurture your spirit
as I nurture my own.
I will keep laughing with you,
learning with you,
and growing with you.
I will faithfully care fo you
with an open heart and with tenderness.

I promise to be there for you,
to warm your toes through the coldest nights,
I promise to remind you of how great you are,
just as I did on our first date.

I promise to be at your side in sorrow and in joy
and to love and cherish you always.
I promise you this from my heart
and with my soul
as I dedicate myself to our marriage,
our friendship, and our life together."

"________, do you now choose ________ to be your life companion, to share your life openly with her, to speak truthfully and lovingly to her, to accept her fully as she is and delight in who she is becoming, to respect her uniqueness, encourage her fulfillment, and compassionately support her through all the changes of your years together?"


"I take you to be my wife/husband, my friend, my love, and my lifelong companion: to share my life with yours. To build our dreams together, while allowing you to grow with your dreams; to support you through times of trouble, and rejoice with you in times of happiness; to treat you with respect, love and loyalty through all the trails and triumphs of our lives together; and to give you all the love I can my whole life long. This commitment is made in love, kept in faith, lived in hope, and eternally made new."

I love you. And I look forward to being your friend and companion, your wife/husband and lover for life. I promise to love you and respect you; to stand by you and be faithful to you; to be open and honest with you; and to always work toward our mutual growth. I promise this for the good times and bad times. Till death do us part.
"____________, I love you and choose to share my life with you. I will laugh with you in times of joy and comfort you in times of sorrow. I will be at your side through all of life’s challenges.
____________. I will love you forever.”

“I promise to nurture you, to be kind and patient, forgiving and faithful. I promise to honor our differences and to learn from them. I will encourage you and stand by you in our life together and will growth with you in the shelter of our love. I promise you this with my heart and soul. I vow to you before our families and friends, to dedicate myself to our marriage, our friendship and our love.”

“As your wife/husband, I am blessed to receive your love, I will honor you with my caring, sensitivity, strength, and gentleness. I will be kind and honest, fair and true. May God always keep us and watch over our love and our home.”

“___________, I promise to be faithful, supportive, and loyal, and to give you my companionship and love throughout all the changes of our life. I vow to bring you happiness, and I will treasure you as my companion. I will celebrate the joys of life with you. I promise to support your dreams, and walk beside you offering courage and strength through all endeavors. From this day forward, I will be proud to be your wife/husband and your best friend.”

“I, ______________, choose you, ____________, to be my wife/husband, my friend, my love, the mother/father of our children. I will be yours in plenty and in want, in sickness and in health, in failure and in triumph. I will cherish you and respect you, comfort you and encourage you, and together we shall live, freed and bound by our love.”

“I ____________ cherish you ______________
For being all that you are,
All that you are not,
And all that you can be.
Know that I am here for you,
And that your pain will be mine,
And your joy mine as well.
All I ask is you—your love, your trust, your caring.
I choose you to be my husband/wife.”

“I , ______________, offer myself to you ___________,
To be your wife/husband,
Your friend, your lover and your lifelong companion;
To share my life with yours;
To build our dreams together,
To support you through times of trouble,
And rejoice with you in times of happiness;
To treat you with respect, love and loyalty,
Through all the trials and triumphs of our lives together.
This commitment is made in love,
Kept in faith, lived in hope, And eternally made new.”

“I, _________, choose you, _________, in the presence of our friends and families to be my wife/husband and partner from this time forward; to love you, to be a comfort and safe haven in your life, to hold you close, to listen deeply when you speak, to nourish you with my gentleness, to uphold you with my strength, to weigh the effects of the words I speak and the things I do, to never take you for granted and to always give thanks for your presence in my life.”