Help With Wording
Ok we just today decided to have a civil ceremony this August so that we can get insurance started and all that. Our big wedding isn`t untill next June and we will still be doing that. The only problem is that towards the end of our ceremony theres a part we added in called a Rose Ceremony...its gorgeous, but several times it refers to the roses as our first gift to each other as husband and wife. By that time we`ll have been legally married more than a year...any suggestions on rewording it?
Posted by Jorie; updated 07/04/04
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Are you going to do a renewal of Vows in June? If so, it will be no problem with the wording you have. Talk to your officiant for suggestions. I have never heard of the rose ceremony, it sounds very pretty.
Posted by excited bride; updated 07/05/04
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No more worries! I just got so stressed with all the planning that I asked my fiance if we could just do one tiny ceremony here and call that it! He`s cool with it. The big hurdle was my grandfather though, since he wants us to have more than a courthouse wedding. But we finnaly got him to agree. Still not just courthouse, we`re going to get a local non-denominational pastor, and have just ourselves, our parents, his grandparents, and two or three close friends somewhere outdoors (we need to pick a spot) here in SLC next month. No more big wedding in Michigan. Still going to have a party next summer in Michigan to celebrate our 1st Anniversery and my 25th B-day (lol we`re getting married on my birthday, he will have NO excuse to forget either one!) and one reception here at some point in the next year for his parents familys that live in California. But to say the least, my stress level has gone down by at least 70%
Posted by Jorie; updated 07/05/04
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Congratulations on lowering your stress level. Planning a wedding can drive anyone crazy. It sounds like you found yourself a good one.
Posted by Excited Bride; updated 07/06/04
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My husband and I were married for three years before we had our ceremony. It was important for me, too, to emphasize the happy marriage we had already shared to that point. With the minister, we went through the vows and simply changed things from "I will..." to "I will continue to.." etc. Make sure that you do give each other roses as your first wedding gift at your civil ceremony. Then, at your family ceremony, incorporate it. Something like "Just as our first gifts to each other were roses, we celebrate our love again with roses" or a similar effect.
Posted by Sonja Knight; updated 07/06/04
