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Vivian: While it is traditional to promise to love through sickness and in health, richer or poorer, we have already experienced the challenges of illness and financial uncertainty. And we have surpassed them or learned to accept them. |
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George: We have faith that we will rise to future challenges, because we are creating this partnership. In unity there is strength. |
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Vivian: George, I stand before you vulnerable and open, filled with hope and optimism, to celebrate our spiritual and emotional bond. I love you now, but look forward to our love transforming us. Love brings us to our highest selves by virtue of nurturing, healing, giving and forgiving. Love is the strongest power that there is. Our combined love is greater than the sum of its parts. In our personal and combined evolution, we can dedicate our love for each other and our marriage to a larger purpose—peace with justice, and continuing as stewards for the benefit of our planet. |
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George: I think about you all the time. I think about your smile, the things you do and the things you say. But most of all, I think about loving you and how wonderful it is to be a part of your life. |
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Music: "Afer Ventus" by Enya. (softly, as background during rituals) We open the two wine bottles. |