Write Your Own Wedding Vows Oakland CA

Writer's Block?

There's no reason you can't rework vows that others have used. Check out books like Weddings From the Heart, by Daphne Rose Kingma (Conari Press, $16.95), and websites like celebrantusa.com for template ideas. Here's one we like:

Robert, you are my lover, my teacher, my accomplice and my counterpart. I will love you and honor you, respect you, encourage you and cherish you, in health and in sickness, through sorrow and success, for all the days of my life.

Here's how Charlotte and Bruce, a couple from Little Rock, Arkansas, modified the example above:

Charlotte, you are my lover, my friend, my lifelong companion. You are my accomplice, my cheerleader, my favorite thing. As your husband, I pledge to treat you with respect, love and loyalty through all the trials and triumphs of our lives together. This commitment is made in love, kept in faith, lived in hope and eternally made new.