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A Bride and Groom Hora Dance

Lord, behold our family here assembled. We thank you for this place in which we dwell, for the love that unites us, for the peace accorded us this day, for the hope with which we expect the morrow, for the health, the work, the food, and the bright skies that make our lives delightful; for […]

Wedding Reading: A Wedding Prayer by Robert Louis Stevenson

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“Not only is love everything, but everything is love.”   “Love is the soul of everything valuable. The most precious gift in the world given without love is worthless; the cheapest gift in the world given with love is priceless…. Everything valuable is made of love.”   “Your very existence is God’s love of you. […]

The Meaning of Everything

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“A soulmate is someone who has locks that fit our keys, and keys to fit our locks.  When we feel safe enough to open the locks, our truest selves step out and we can be completely and honestly who we are; we can be loved for who we are and not for who we’re pretending […]

Wedding Reading: Excerpt from The Bridge Across Forever by Richard Bach

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A marriage makes of two fractional lives a whole;It gives two purposeless lives a work,And doubles the strength of each to perform it.It gives to two questioning natures a reason for livingAnd something to live for.It will give new gladness to the sunshine,A new fragrance to the flowers, a new beauty to the earthAnd a […]

A Wedding Reading: A Marriage by Mark Twain

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by Fred Rogers (aka Mr. Rogers) It’s you I like,It’s not the things you wear.It’s not the way you do your hair,But it’s you I like. The way you are right nowThe way down deep inside youNot the things that hide youNot your diplomas…They’re just beside you.But it’s you I like. Every part of you,Your […]

A Sweet Ceremony Reading: It’s You I Like

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You have become mine forever.Yes, we have become partners.I have become yours.Hereafter, I cannot live without you.Do not live without me. Let us share the joys.We are word and meaning, unite.You are thought and I am sound. May the nights be honey-sweet for us.May the mornings be honey-sweet for us.May the plants be honey-sweet for […]

A Wedding Reading: A Hindu Marriage Poem

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Are you trying to figure out the length of your wedding ceremony aisle runner? We’ve been there, so I created an easy-to-follow chart listing the recommended lengths for wedding ceremony aisles. Upon review of this chart, you will see that the chart is broken down by folding chairs, chiavari chairs, and church pews. Note: Add 5 to […]

How Long Does the Aisle Runner Need To Be for My Wedding?

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Lord, help us to remember when we first met and the strong 
love that grew between us. To work that love into
 practical things so that nothing
 can divide us. We ask for words both kind
 and loving and hearts always
 ready to ask forgiveness 
as well as to forgive. Dear Lord, we put our
 […]

Wedding Reading: Traditional Scottish Wedding Blessing

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“The Life That I Have” by Leo Marks The life that I haveIs all that I haveAnd the life that I haveIs yours The love that I haveOf the life that I haveIs yours and yours and yours. A sleep I shall haveA rest I shall haveYet death will be but a pause For the […]

Wedding Reading: The Life That I Have

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