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Adela Since we're having a very small wedding it didn't take much planning. Three months later the day is finally here. It'll only be Alan, Emma, Dimitri, the officiant, Zane and I.
Officiant : A true lasting marriage requires effort, commitment, and unending respect. As Zane and Adela declare their love on this day, we reflect on the meaning of partnership and its importance to a successful union. Partners, in life, think of one another as teammates, equally capable, but each arriving with their own special skills.
First, a reading of the couple's choosing.
Marriage is not a house or even a tent it is before that, and colder: the edge of the forest, the edge of the desert the unpainted stairs at the back where we squat outside, eating popcorn the edge of the receding glacier where painfully and with wonder at having survived even this far we are learning to make fire —Margaret Atwood, Habitation
Officiant : Thank you. Do you, as witnesses to this day, support and encourage this union? Alan and Emma : We do! Officiant : Very well! As I guide you in exchanging your vows, you, Zane and you, Adela will declare your intentions for a lasting partnership in love and marriage. Are you prepared to do this? Zane and Adela : Yes Officiant : Zane, repeat after me. "I, Zane, take you Adela to be my wife. promise that from this day forward I will regard you not only as my equal partner but as my closest friend. I promise to comfort you in sickness and in health. I promise to demonstrate my commitment to you through love, laughter, and compassion. I love you."
Zane : I, Zane, take you Adela to be my wife. promise that from this day forward I will regard you not only as my equal partner but as my closest friend. I promise to comfort you in sickness and in health. I promise to demonstrate my commitment to you through love, laughter, and compassion. I love you.
Officiant : Now Adela repeat after me. "I Adela, take you Zane to my husband. I promise that from this day forward I will regard you not only as my equal partner but as my closest friend. I promise to comfort you in sickness and in health. I promise to demonstrate my commitment to you through love, laughter, and compassion. I love you."
Adela : I Adela, take you Zane to my husband. I promise that from this day forward I will regard you not only as my equal partner but as my closest friend. I promise to comfort you in sickness and in health. I promise to demonstrate my commitment to you through love, laughter, and compassion. I love you."
Officiant : Now the rings. These rings symbolize the strength of your commitment to this marriage and the love you share. Now, by the power vested in me, I now pronounce you husband and wife! You may now kiss.
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