Dani and Darrell's Wedding
Excerpts from the ceremony:
WELCOME, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
LOVE IS A MIRACULOUS GIFT AND A WEDDING IS A CELEBRATION OF THAT GIFT. WE COME HERE TODAY TO CELEBRATE THIS GIFT OF LOVE AND TO ADD OUR BEST WISHES AND BLESSINGS TO THE WORDS THAT SHALL UNITE DARRELL GARDNER AND DANI MCGEE IN THE BONDS OF MARRIAGE.
DARRELL AND DANI, WHAT YOU PROMISE TO EACH OTHER MUST BE RENEWED AGAIN TOMORROW AND EACH DAY THAT FOLLOWS. AT THE END OF THIS CEREMONY LEGALLY YOU WILL BE HUSBAND AND WIFE. STILL YOU MUST DECIDE EACH AND EVERY DAY TO COMMIT YOURSELVES TO ONE ANOTHER. MAKE THIS DECISION AND KEEP ON MAKING IT FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN LIFE IS TO LOVE AND BE LOVED.
Our Wedding Vows:
DARRELL:
DANI, YOU HAVE BROUGHT SUCH JOY TO MY LIFE. / THANK YOU FOR LOVING ME AS I AM / AND TAKING ME INTO YOUR HEART. / I VOW TO RETURN YOUR LOVE IN FULL / AS WE GROW TOGETHER AS HUSBAND AND WIFE. / THROUGH ALL THE CHANGES OF OUR LIVES, / I PROMISE TO BE THERE FOR YOU ALWAYS / AS A STRENGTH IN NEED, / A COMFORT IN SORROW, / A COUNSELOR IN DIFFICULTY / AND A COMPANION IN JOY. / THIS IS MY PROMISE TO YOU.
DANI:
DARRELL, YOU HAVE BROUGHT SUCH JOY TO MY LIFE. / THANK YOU FOR LOVING ME AS I AM / AND TAKING ME INTO YOUR HEART. / I VOW TO RETURN YOUR LOVE IN FULL / AS WE GROW TOGETHER AS HUSBAND AND WIFE. / THROUGH ALL THE CHANGES OF OUR LIVES, / I PROMISE TO BE THERE FOR YOU ALWAYS / AS A STRENGTH IN NEED, / A COMFORT IN SORROW, / A COUNSELOR IN DIFFICULTY / AND A COMPANION IN JOY. / THIS IS MY PROMISE TO YOU.
Excerpts from the ceremony (continued):
THE WEDDING RING IS THE OUTWARD AND VISIBLE SIGN OF AN INWARD AND SPIRITUAL BOND THAT UNITES TWO LOYAL HEARTS IN LOVE.
DARRELL YOU HAVE CHOSEN A RING WITH THE ENDLESS CHAIN OF CELTIC LOVE KNOTS – HEART LINKED ETERNALLY TOGETHER – SYMBOLIZING YOUR UNENDING COMMITMENT TO DANI.
DANI YOUR RING DEPICTS THE CELTIC TRINITY KNOT AS A DEMONSTRATION OF YOUR ETERNAL FRIENDSHIP, AND YOUR LOYALTY AND COMMITMENT TO DARRELL.
MAY THESE RINGS ALWAYS REMIND YOU THAT IT WAS LOVE THAT BROUGHT YOU TOGETHER, AND IT IS LOVE THAT WILL KEEP YOU TOGETHER THROUGH ALL THE SEASONS OF YOUR LIVES.
[RING EXCHANGE VOWS]
DANI, I GIVE YOU THIS RING / AS A SYMBOL OF MY LOVE AND FAITHFULNESS / AND AS I PLACE IT ON YOUR FINGER / I COMMIT MY VERY HEART AND SOUL TO YOU. / I ASK YOU TO WEAR THIS RING / AS A REMINDER OF THE VOWS WE HAVE SPOKEN TODAY.
DARRELL, I GIVE YOU THIS RING / AS A SYMBOL OF MY LOVE AND FAITHFULNESS / AND AS I PLACE IT ON YOUR FINGER / I COMMIT MY VERY HEART AND SOUL TO YOU. / I ASK YOU TO WEAR THIS RING / AS A REMINDER OF THE VOWS WE HAVE SPOKEN TODAY.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN BY TAKING A MOMENT AFTER THE CEREMONY TO VIEW THESE RINGS YOU WILL BE ABLE TO TRULY APPRECIATE THE DEPTH OF DANI AND DARRELL’S COMMITMENT TO EACH OTHER.
[UNITY CANDLE]
THE LIGHTING OF THE UNITY CANDLE SYMBOLIZES THE JOINING TOGETHER OF YOUR TWO HANDS, YOUR TWO HEARTS, AND YOUR TWO LIVES INTO ONE. FROM THIS MOMENT ON, THE LIGHT OF YOUR LOVE BURNS JOINTLY AS YOUR WALK DOWN LIFE’S PATHWAY TOGETHER. MAY THE PATH OF LIFE GROW BRIGHTER AS THE FLAME OF YOUR LOVE GROWS STRONGER.
[BLESSING]
MAY THE ROAD RISE TO MEET YOU, THE WIND BE ALWAYS AT YOUR BACK, THE SUN SHINE WARM UPON YOUR FACE, AND THE RAINS FALL SOFT UPON YOUR FIELDS. MAY THE LIGHT OF FRIENDSHIP GUIDE YOUR PATHS TOGETHER. MAY THE JOY OF LIVING FOR ONE ANOTHER BRING A SMILE TO YOUR FACE AND A TWINKLE FROM YOUR EYE. MAY GOD HOLD YOU BOTH IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND. AND, TODAY, MAY THE SPIRIT OF LOVE FIND A DWELLING PLACE FOREVER IN YOUR HEARTS.
[PRONOUNCEMENT]
DARRELL AND DANI, AS YOU EXCHANGED THESE VOWS WITH ONE ANOTHER WE WITNESSED THE MIRACLE OF FAITH. AS YOU GAVE AND RECEIVED RINGS WE WITNESSED THE MIRACLE OF HOPE. AS YOU WILL SEAL THIS COMMITMENT WITH A KISS WE WILL WITNESS THE MIRACLE OF LOVE. SHARING WITH YOU IN THESE THREE MIRACLES GIVES ME GREAT JOY AS I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU HUSBAND AND WIFE.