thewayne | On a much more pleasant note

Apostate wanted to see our wedding vows, well, here ya go. Russ said no problem, she doesn't mind if I post the whole service text. The words are part me, part Russet, and part from the minister. I like them.

I promise to love, honor and cherish you. In times of prosperity, I will celebrate with you. In times of adversity, I will support you. I will be with you in sorrow, for sorrow shared is diminished. I will be with you in joy, for joy is increased. I will negotiate our differences with respect and a loving heart.

I take you to be no other than yourself. Loving what I know of you, trusting what I do not yet know, with respect for your integrity and faith in your abiding love for me, through all our years, and in all that life may bring us.

Russet is a very independent woman and more than a bit of a feminist. There are a lot of trappings of slavery/treating women as chattel in a lot of the common vows, we worked pretty hard to excise those elements.