Anthony & Nicolette's Wedding

[amethist]

I like your choice of song for your wedding it's obviously one that means a lot to you both.

We did not have one then but on our 1st anniversary we were camping at a campsite near the coast with a music bar and he asked the singer to sing a song for me. The song was Lionel Richie's Three Times A Lady. Bless him he has not done anything like that since.

Must be getting close to the big day now.

Best wishes

Amethist

 

[Shoka]

I can't blame you on not posting the date! No doubt you'd be flooded on your special day.

Weddings are a funny mix of joy and stress during the planning process.

I love the song you chose!

 

[Nicolette]

Thanks Amethist & Shoka.

Anyone got any good ideas for a wedding ceremony reading that is not long winded or religious or cryptic like Shakespeare?

I am running out of time but haven't found a reading yet that seems "just right"?

 

[fin]

True Love
Author Unknown

Truelove is a sacred flame
That burns eternally,
And none can dim its special glow
Or change its destiny.
True love speaks in tender tones
And hears with gentle ear,
True love gives with open heart
And true love conquers fear.
True love makes no harsh demands
It neither rules nor binds,
And true love holds with gentle hands
The hearts that it entwines.

 

[fin]

I Will Be Here

If in the morning when you wake,
If the sun does not appear,
I will be here.
If in the dark we lose sight of love,
Hold my hand and have no fear,
I will be here.

I will be here,
When you feel like being quiet,
When you need to speak your mind I will listen.
Through the winning, losing, and trying we'll be together,
And I will be here.
If in the morning when you wake,
If the future is unclear,
I will be here.
As sure as seasons were made for change,
Our lifetimes were made for years,
I will be here.

I will be here,
And you can cry on my shoulder,
When the mirror tells us we're older.
I will hold you, to watch you grow in beauty,
And tell you all the things you are to me.
We'll be together and I will be here.
I will be true to the promises I've made,
To you and to the one who gave you to me.
I will be here.

As sure as seasons were made for change,
Our lifetimes were made for years,
I will be here.


- Steven Curtis Chapman

 

[fin]

A Gift For You Are Just Right

I will be here
Hold me when you need and want to
I will be held and hold you always

I will just *be* with you
For all times, and good or bad we well weathered and will learn together
drawing in and for each other
for held and holding sway somethings are just meant to be

Wish and whispers now you are just right
grant your wishes and dreams true now within yourselves, me and I in you
I will honour and respect with each breath
I draw you in closer and for all the moments we share
I will treasure and look to you with a heart filled with love

the reality of our love is in all the times we share
The honour of our love is in all the times we share
The respect of our love is in all the times we share

Our love will raise us anew each morning and hold us together, even though while or when far apart
for all the times and seasons no reason can draw it to an end
The love we share will not break but mend, it is that way within our hearts and souls

Our LOve, and our hearts draw closer still with each new day
Yours in mine and me, and mine in you
Everstill in peaceful wonder yet timed, tuned and turned in love always just right ~

 

[Nicolette]

Thanks Fin

I really like "I Will Be Here" and am thinking of using it as the second reading.

 

[2quilt]

Our Renewal Vows

Marriage should be the means for the development of those personal and social values we prize so highly: integrity, cooperation, self-respect and human dignity. When two people truly love one another, each is concerned with nourishing the best qualities in the other, helping the other to become a better person. C and D, are you ready to renew your wedding vows to each other in love? (YES)

D: I will continue to have C to be my wife, to build our love, to maintain the respect that has grown between us, I will continue to love you, comfort you and honor you as my wife and partner.

C: I will continue to have D to be my husband, to build our love, to maintain the respect that has grown between us, I will continue to love you, comfort you and honor you as my husband and partner.

D: The wedding ring I gave to you symbolizes my love for you. May it remind you always that you are surrounded by my enduring love. I promise to put you first in my life, knowing that our love is my most precious possession. I will offer you encouragement, comfort and companionship. I promise to be steadfast through prosperity and adversity, to respect you and forgive you. I will love you without reservation, laugh with you and cry with you and to grow with you in mind and spirit.

C: Each day that I wear this ring I will renew the vows I made on our wedding day.

C: The wedding ring I gave to you symbolizes my love for you. May it remind you always that you are surrounded by my enduring love. I promise to put you first in my life, knowing that our love is my most precious possession. I will offer you encouragement, comfort and companionship. I promise to be steadfast through prosperity and adversity, to respect you and forgive you. I will love you without reservation, laugh with you and cry with you and to grow with you in mind and spirit.

D: Each day that I wear this ring I will renew the vows I made on our wedding day.

D and C, having pledged your love to one another once again through these public commitments, you have strengthened the bond of your love. I do, therefore, in the presence of these witnesses, offer reconfirmation of your marriage. May your lives together continue to be filled with abundant happiness. Go into the world again as two who are one. (KISS)

 

[Nicolette]

Lovely vows 2quilt. Thank you for sharing.

 

[2quilt]

Can you tell us about the food at the reception? Will there be TimTams?

 

[Nicolette]

Hmmm....we are going to finalise the menu this Sunday so I will let you know 2quilt. Anthony has a fetish for Tiramisu at present and one of my good friends makes a fabulous one so she might have to make one as a wedding present so Anthony can have it for dessert. Our wedding cake is not the traditional fruit cake but a gorgeous chocolate mud cake so that will form some of the dessert menu otherwise it will just go to waste.

 

[Shoka]

Nicolette,
My mouth is watering over the thought of "gorgeous chocolate mud cake". I can't seem to eat enough chocolate cake these days. I think my baby girl has a sweet tooth already.