Hi everyone - 12 DAYS!! I just finished up my vows and I'd really like someone to read them and let me know if they flow well together. Can I get some constructive feedback on them please:
As I think of the many ways our love has made me feel the
most powerful among them is safe.
From the moment we met when our eyes both said ‘I already
love you’ – you made me feel safe and protected. Your arms have since been my sanctuary from
the day’s stresses and the nights worries.
Your smile tells me each and every time I see it that you love me, that
you love the life we’ve created and that your love is unbreakable. Your eyes truly are the window to your
soul. Through them I know that although life
has been more than challenging you’re willing to give it another shot because
that’s the kind of man you are. You are strong
enough to keep moving forward, brave enough to open your heart again and vulnerable
enough to know that you’re worth it.
As cliché as it sounds – I knew I loved you before we
met. When you stroked the side of my
face the first time we met – my heart whispered thank you. I knew that in you I would find many things
that life had yet to send me. Through
you I have found trust, strength, courage, bravery and acceptance. I have learnt that true love is a connection
beyond words; it is being connected through mind, heart and soul. You my love are the only person who has seen
the inside of my soul and my commitment to you is that you will be the only
person to know me that way. I have
reserved that space for you – my one, my only and my true soul mate.
We’ve talked about it many times how love does not seem like
a measurable way to express what we feel for each other. It does not seem like it is all encompassing
of what we want to say. Today as we stand
before our family and friends and profess that love and commit to each other I
can only say I love you in an unsurmountable way and that I am forever grateful
and blessed that you have come into my life.
I commit to you today to be your wife, I also commit to you
to be your safe haven, your strength when you are weak, your peaceful sanctuary
when life has become chaotic and to be your best friend always supporting and
building you up. I will be in your
corner fighting for you and I will celebrate your victories with you. I promise to be faithful and honest in every
way, to encourage and inspire you, to laugh with you and to listen to you. I promise to love myself so that I may
continue to love you and to be the best version of myself that I can possibly
be for you and our family.
Never before had I thought that through loving someone I
would feel free. You have helped me
build my wings and encouraged me to spread them and fly – with brave wings we
will fly together for all the days of our lives. I love you.