Ceremony readings - clueless..

kvonins

My fiance and I are writing our own ceremony and I'm having a hard time finding readings I want or like. The readings I seem to find are so over used that people are bored with it. I want something that will stand out and people will enjoy hearing. I dont mind having something religious, I just want something upbeat and enjoyable, something that kind of sticks with you.. I know thats asking a LOT, haha, but I'm sick of seeing and hearing the same readings over and over again.

Thanks!!

Unknown092113

The Velveteen Rabbit

Margery Williams (1881-1944)

‘What is REAL?’ asked the Rabbit one day, when they were lying side by side near the nursery fender, before Nana came to tidy the room. ‘Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?’ ‘Real isn’t how you are made,’ said the Skin Horse. ‘It’s a thing that happens to you. When someone loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, buy REALLY loves you, then you become Real.’ ‘Does it hurt? Asked the Rabbit. ‘Sometimes,’ said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. ‘When you are Real you don’t mind being hurt.’ ‘Does it happen all at once, like being wound up,’ he asked, ‘or bit by bit?’ ‘ It doesn’t happen all at once,’ said the Skin Horse. ‘You become. It takes a long time. That’s why it doesn’t happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in your joints and very shabby. But these things don’t matter at all, because once you are Real you can’t be ugly, except to people who don’t understand.’ ‘I suppose you are real?’ said the Rabbit. And then he wished he had not said it, for he thought the Skin Horse only smiled. ‘Someone made me Real,’ he said. ‘That was a great many years ago; but once you are Real you can’t become unreal again. It lasts for always.’

ohmrs2014

I actually googled it and came up with some great material.

HobokensFury

Maybe it's my own ignorance but I really don't get "The Velveteen Rabbit" used during weddings.

JoanE2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_ceremony-ideas_ceremony-readings-clueless?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:10Discussion:7006f6e6-bea6-41ae-a55f-025726bf05e3Post:7da16f97-8bb7-46c0-acdc-76064f15d5e3">Re: Ceremony readings - clueless..</a>:
[QUOTE]Maybe it's my own ignorance but I really don't get "The Velveteen Rabbit" used during weddings.
Posted by HobokenBride2012[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I don't get it either.

kvonins

Thank you ladies!

jls522

Our officiant suggested having our readers choose the readings and that's what we're doing. We weren't looking forward to that detail and our readers are taking it very seriously and see it as a gift to us.

kvonins

that's a great idea thanks jls522

SotobeMarried

The Celebration of the Hands is one we used, we loved it!!