Readings and Rituals

While rituals aren’t for everyone, I offer many options for you to choose from, including candle lighting, a hand-fasting, or a sand ceremony, to communicate what love and marriage mean to you.

Poems and readings can be used as wedding vows or a beautiful addition during the signing of the register a music recital or reading can be presented by family or a friend.
Here are some commonly used Poems and Readings.

To the Love of My Life
How many ways can I say I love you and still make you smile?
I’ll cross my fingers that whether or not my words measure up, you’ll at least know that you and you
alone hold the key to my heart.
I love you for your thoughtfulness and tenderness,
For always being so good to me,
For your easy attitude,
Your faithfulness and loyalty,
And your commitment to us.
I love you because you let me be who I am,
Because you want the best for me, and because you love me too.
I want to be the happy in your birthdays,
The merry in your Christmases,
The light in your darkness.
I want to be everything to you that you are to me.
Does this sound like I love you,
That I’m smitten to the core,
And that no one could ever take your place?
I just know this...as long as my heart beats, I will love you –
My partner, my funny valentine, the love of my life, and my best friend.
No matter what happens, I’ll be just fine as long as you are my roommate in this place called life.
- Donna Fargo


I’m so lucky to have found you
Once in a lifetime,
You find someone
Who touches not only your heart,
But also your soul.
Once in a lifetime,
You discover someone
Who stands beside you,
Not over you.
Once in a lifetime,
You find someone
Who loves you for who you are
And not for who you could be
Once in a lifetime,
‘If you’re lucky,
You find someone
As I have found you.
- Nanci Brillant


Something to Remember on your Wedding Day and Forever.
We are not meant to go through life alone.
We need a partner who will forever remain by our side.
Someone to lean on at times, remembering, as well, that we will be leaned on, too; someone to
share our joy and hold us in sorrow.
Understand that there will be difficult times, and doubt may cloud your lives.
It is then that you must trust each other the most and believe that love will sustain you.
Do not give up easily; Fight for what is most precious – Your marriage.
Help it survive - By nurturing it every single day.
Never hesitate to say, ‘I love you”, or to be the first one to say, ‘I’m sorry.’
Give a lot and overlook even more, And always expect as much in return.
Never look back, or lose yourself, celebrate the special privilege of being a couple.
Never lose sight of what brought you to the altar in the first place: Your special love for each other.
Cherish that always.
- Linda Hersey


Native American Blessing
May the sun
bring you new energy by day.
May the moon
softly restore you by night.
May the rain
Wash away your worries.
May the breeze
Blow new strength into your being.
May you walk
Gently through the world and know
It’s beauty all the days of your life.
wash away your worries.
May the breeze
blow new strength into your being.
May you walk
gently through the world and know
its beauty all the days of your life.