I need two more readings. I have one for after we are husband and wife but need two for before we are.
The one for after is : Reading three to be done by Nan after we are married: Chapter One of One Thousand by O. J. Preston
For two people this dawn brought on a magical day Now husband and wife they head on their way As a boat setting sail may their journey begin With calmest of waters, most helpful of wind And if they should stumble upon turbulent sea May it pass them unharming - leave them be. For here are two people whom love has well bitten Here opens their book which has yet to be written As the first page unfolds and their life inks its path May it write a true story where forever love lasts Let their journey be happy till death do they part Of one thousand chapters may this be the start.
cant wait to be Mrs Evans less than 3 weeks woooo
start weight 10st 1.5 lbs
weight now 8st 4.5 lbs
total loss to date: 24.5 lbs now need to maintain!
CommentAuthorsuzky123
btw cant be religious or registrar wont let us have it.
cant wait to be Mrs Evans less than 3 weeks woooo
start weight 10st 1.5 lbs
weight now 8st 4.5 lbs
total loss to date: 24.5 lbs now need to maintain!
CommentAuthorNicsquared
The union by Robert Fulghum is good for before - thats what I'm having
You have known each other from the first glance of acquaintance to this point of commitment. At some point, you decided to marry. From that moment of yes to this moment of yes, indeed, you have been making promises and agreements in an informal way. All those conversations that were held riding in a car or over a meal or during long walks — all those sentences that began with “When we’re married” and continued with “I will” and “you will” and “we will” — those late night talks that included “someday” and “somehow” and “maybe” — and all those promises that are unspoken matters of the heart. All these common things, and more, are the real process of a wedding.
The symbolic vows that you are about to make are a way of saying to one another, “You know all those things we’ve promised and hoped and dreamed — well, I meant it all, every word.”
Look at one another and remember this moment in time. Before this moment you have been many things to one another — acquaintance, friend, companion, lover, dancing partner, and even teacher, for you have learned much from one another in these last few years. Now you shall say a few words that take you across a threshold of life, and things will never quite be the same between you. For after these vows, you shall say to the world, this is my husband, this is my wife.
There are so many people out there who will tell you
what you can't do.
What you have to do is turn around and say, "watch me"!!
CommentAuthorJakesmummy
My step dad is reading this one
Love is a temporary madness It erupts like volcanoes and then subsides And when it subsides you have to make a decision You have to work out whether your root was so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part Because this is what love is Love is not breathlessness It is not excitement It is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion That is just being in love, which any fool can do Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away And this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Those that truly love have roots that grow towards each other underground And then when all the pretty blossoms have fallen from their branches They find that they are in fact one tree, not two
(From: Captain Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres)
CommentAuthorKirsty
My sister is reading this one:
The Art Of A Good Marriage Wilferd Arlan Peterson
Happiness in marriage is not something that just happens. A good marriage must be created. In marriage the little things are the big things. It is never being too old to hold hands. It is remembering to say "I love you" at least once a day. It is never going to sleep angry. It is at no time taking the other for granted; the courtship should not end with the honeymoon, it should continue through all the years. It is having a mutual sense of values and common objectives. It is standing together facing the world. It is forming a circle of love that gathers in the whole family. It is doing things for each other, not in the attitude of duty or sacrifice, but in the spirit of joy. It is speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful ways. It is not looking for perfection in each other. It is cultivating flexibility, patience, understanding and a sense of humour. It is having the capacity to forgive and forget. It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow. It is a common search for the good and the beautiful. It is establishing a relationship in which the independence is equal, dependence is mutual and the obligation is reciprocal. It is not only marrying the right partner, it is being the right partner.
When you love someone, you do not love them all the time, in exactly the same way, from moment to moment. It is an impossibility. It is even a lie to pretend to. And yet this is exactly what most of us demand. We have so little faith in the ebb and flow of life, of love, of relationships. We leap at the flow of the tide and resist in terror its ebb. We are afraid it will never return. We insist on permanency, on duration, on continuity; when the only continuity possible, in life as in love, is in growth, in fluidity - in freedom, in the sense that the dancers are free, barely touching as they pass, but partners in the same pattern.
Or On Your Wedding Day Today is a day you will always remember The greatest in anyone's life You'll start off the day just two people in love And end it as husband and wife. It's a brand new beginning, the start of a journey With moments to cherish and treasure And although they'll be times when you both disagree These will surely be outweighed by pleasure You'll have heard many words of advice in the past When the secrets of marriage were spoken But you know that the answers lie hidden inside Where the bond of true love lies unbroken So live happy forever as lovers and friends It's the dawn of a new life for you As you stand there together with love in your eyes From the moment you whisper ‘I do' And with luck all your hopes and your dreams can be real May success find its way to your hearts Tomorrow can bring you the greatest of joys But today is the day it all starts Anon
and this
The Beauty of Love The question is asked: “Is there anything more beautiful in life than a young couple clasping hands and pure hearts in the path of marriage? Can there be anything more beautiful than young love?” And the answer is given: “Yes, there is a more beautiful thing. "It is the spectacle of an old man and an old woman finishing their journey together on that path. Their hands are gnarled but still clasped; their faces are seamed but still radiant; their hearts are physically bowed and tired but still strong with love and devotion. Yes, there is a more beautiful thing than young love. Old love.” Anon
If only life could be one long tea break
CommentAuthorsuzky123
thanks girls, I have made a note of them and will decide with the help of mil2b on sat night. Keep them coming please x
cant wait to be Mrs Evans less than 3 weeks woooo
start weight 10st 1.5 lbs
weight now 8st 4.5 lbs
total loss to date: 24.5 lbs now need to maintain!
CommentAuthorObsidian_Winter
There are some on the link that I just put on you're wall. Personally I liked "Yes! I'll marry you" by pam ayers.
CommentAuthorsuzky123
oh ive heard that one.... is that the funny version about making them do all the jobs?
cant wait to be Mrs Evans less than 3 weeks woooo
start weight 10st 1.5 lbs
weight now 8st 4.5 lbs
total loss to date: 24.5 lbs now need to maintain!
CommentAuthorObsidian_Winter
Yep :)
CommentAuthorInDreamland
My sister had the one suggested by Jakesmummy from Captain Corelli's Mandolin. It's beautiful! :) All our readings will have to be religious I think because we're having a Church wedding. xx
Married the love of my life on Saturday 11th May 2013 xxx
Had our dream perfect honeymoon in Hawaii!
CommentAuthorJessL
Im having this one its by John dillet freeman and is called blessing for a marriage.
May your marriage bring you all the exquisite excitements a marriage should bring, and may life grant you also patience, tolerance, and understanding.
May you always need one another - not so much to fill your emptiness as to help you to know your fullness.
May you need one another, but not out of weakness.
May you want one another, but not out of lack.
May you entice, but not compel one another.
May you embrace, but not encircle one another.
May you succeed in all important ways with one another, and not fail in the little graces.
May you look for things to praise, often say, "I love you!" and take no notice of small faults.
If you have quarrels that push you apart, may both of you hope to have good sense enough to take the first step back.
May you enter into the mystery which is the awareness of one another's presence - no more physical than spiritual, warm and near when you are side by side, and warm and near when you are in separate rooms or even distant cities.
May you have happiness, and may you find it making one another happy.
May you have love, and may you find it loving one another.
CommentAuthorLegoWife
One of ours:
"Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, if you're blue, I'll wrap my heart in ribbons, just for you. Thursday, Friday, Saturday, it's true. Anything you ask, I'll say, I do.
Anytime you want me, You can call from near or far. Anytime you need me, I'll come running where you are.
You can tear my heart apart, Or take it whole. And if you want my heart, I'll give my soul. And if you want my heart, well take it."
~Wedding made of Lego~
*Married 30/03/13*
CommentAuthorPurple Rose
Some of these are a bit cringey if you imagine Grandad Frank reading them lol-
IN LOVE MADE VISIBLE ~ By Mary Swenson ~
In love are we made visible As in a magic bath are unpeeled to the sharp pit so long concealed
With love's alertness we recognize the soundless whimper of the soul behind the eyes A shaft opens and the timid thing at last leaps to surface with full-spread wing
The fingertips of love discover more than the body's smoothness They uncover a hidden conduit for the transfusion of empathies that circumvent the mind's intrusion
In love we are set free Objective bone and flesh no longer insulate us to ourselves alone We are released and flow into each other's cup Our two frail vials pierced drink each other up
MARRIAGE ~ By Mary Weston Fordham ~
The die is cast, come weal, come woe, Two lives are joined together, For better or for worse, the link Which naught but death can sever. The die is cast, come grief, come joy Come richer, or come poorer, If love but binds the mystic tie, Blest is the bridal hour.
'Love is A Great Thing'
Love is a great thing, yea, a great and thorough good By itself it makes that is heavy light; and it bears evenly all that is uneven.
It carries a burden which is no burden; it will not be kept back by anything low and mean; it desires to be free from all wordly affections, and not to be entangled by any outward prosperity, or by any adversity subdued.
Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse of impossibility. It is therefore able to undertake all things, and it completes many things, and warrants them to take effect, where he who does not love would faint and lie down.
Though weary, it is not tired; though pressed it is not straitened; though alarmed, it is not confounded; but as a living flame it forces itself upwards and securely passes through all.
Love is active and sincere, courageous, patient, faithful, prudent and manly.
Thomas à Kempis
CommentAuthorKellyB81
Loving the ones on here some great ones - I like this one
If you can always be as close And as happy as today, Yet be secure enough to grow And change along the way. If you can keep for you alone Your love as man and wife, Yet find the time to share your joy With others in your life. If you can be as one And walk through marriage hand in hand, Yet still support the goals and dreams That each of you have planned. If you can dare to always go Your separate ways together, Then all the wonder of today Will stay with you forever
Kelly x
CommentAuthorClareS
Aww Kelly that's lovely, can i pinch it please? x
CommentAuthorKate4
I think I'm using that one Kelly and Jakesmummy's one :-)
I think we can only have two but if I can have a third I have no idea what to have. Bookmarking this in case someone changes my mind!
CommentAuthorClareS
I've bookmarked it too. Who wrote the one kelly popped on? the registrar needs to have all the words written down and who it's by for copyright purposes x
CommentAuthorx~Hails~x
Suzy have you seen my thread where Ive put a poem in my order of the days??? That could be used as a reading..............theres also my second choice on it that could also be used as a reading?
UKBride moderator both on here and on facebook
For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart
It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.
CommentAuthorKate4
Clare - Larry S Chengges
CommentAuthorphoebee
Our best man is reading this after we get married
A WORD TO HUSBANDS by Ogden Nash
To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you're wrong admit it, Whenever you're right, shut up.
I thought it was great. X
CommentAuthorcb
We are having this:
Should I fall behind
We said we'd walk together baby come what may That come the twilight should we lose our way If as we're walking a hand should slip free I'll wait for you And should I fall behind Wait for me
We swore we'd travel darling side by side We'd help each other stay in stride But each lover's steps fall so differently But I'll wait for you And if I should fall behind Wait for me
Now everyone dreams of a love lasting and true But you and I know what this world can do So let's make our steps clear that the other may see And I'll wait for you If I should fall behind Wait for me
Now there's a beautiful river in the valley ahead There 'neath the oak's bough soon we will be wed Should we lose each other in the shadow of the evening trees I'll wait for you And should I fall behind Wait for me Darling I'll wait for you Should I fall behind Wait for me
It brings a lump to my throat just reading it so I keep reading it over and over so I don't cry on the day!! Xx
CommentAuthorsuzky123
thanks girls some useful ones. I have sent these to my sister and she is compiling a list of her favourites.
cant wait to be Mrs Evans less than 3 weeks woooo
start weight 10st 1.5 lbs
weight now 8st 4.5 lbs
total loss to date: 24.5 lbs now need to maintain!
CommentAuthorInDreamland
This is a great thread. Bookmarking this so I can show my sister and best mate, I wanna do a few love poems etc. to print and frame for a display at the reception venue. x
Married the love of my life on Saturday 11th May 2013 xxx
Had our dream perfect honeymoon in Hawaii!
CommentAuthorKellyB81
edited
Clare E - Course you can! :-)
It's If You Can Always Be As Close by Larry S. Chengges
Kelly x
CommentAuthorWapsoid
Thank you for these:)
CommentAuthorObsidian_Winter
Maybe there should be a database, wiki-style, that we can all add poems to with the apropriate tags (eg, Non-Religious, Relegious, Funny, Sentamental, Modern, Classical etc) that way everyone will have access long after this thread has been archived :)
CommentAuthorInDreamland
I love that idea! x
Married the love of my life on Saturday 11th May 2013 xxx
Had our dream perfect honeymoon in Hawaii!
CommentAuthorClareS
Thanks Kelly and Smarties :) will make a note of it :) x
CommentAuthorsuzky123
thats a very good idea
cant wait to be Mrs Evans less than 3 weeks woooo
start weight 10st 1.5 lbs
weight now 8st 4.5 lbs
total loss to date: 24.5 lbs now need to maintain!
CommentAuthorInDreamland
Bumping for LisaM80.
Hope this helps hun xx
Married the love of my life on Saturday 11th May 2013 xxx
Had our dream perfect honeymoon in Hawaii!
CommentAuthorLisaM80
thank you indreamland! x x
CommentAuthorInDreamland
Bump for Laura JaneW Hope this helps hun x
Married the love of my life on Saturday 11th May 2013 xxx
Had our dream perfect honeymoon in Hawaii!
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Bump for Alexandra x
Married the love of my life on Saturday 11th May 2013 xxx
Had our dream perfect honeymoon in Hawaii!
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bump for CarrieM x
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CommentAuthorLaura JaneW
Thanks for bumping this for me! I've found one I really like!
CommentAuthorInDreamland
No probs hun. Glad you found one. My sister had the one from Captain Corellis Mandolin x
Married the love of my life on Saturday 11th May 2013 xxx
Had our dream perfect honeymoon in Hawaii!
CommentAuthorInDreamland
Bump for Mrs g to be x
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Bump for MrsGtobe xxx
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CommentAuthorMrsGtobe
thanx!!
CommentAuthorInDreamland
Bump for weemindy Hope this hhelps hun xx
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Bumpity bump xxx
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Bump for BeverleyW66 xxx
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Bump for EmmaB xxx
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Bumpity bump x
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CommentAuthorAmyK
I found a book called "the love in my heart" by Tim Bugbird, which I'm contemplating having the middle part as a reading (its a kids book about two rabbits):
Big and Boo were resting, After bouncing in the forest all day. They were a long way from home, And Boo was very tired.
"I don't think I can make it all the way back to the burrow" said Boo,"my paws are just too sore". Big smiled and took Boo's hand. "Well I know you can, and do you know why?" Said Big "Because with love in our hearts, we can do anything!" As they walked, Big began to explain...
The love in our hearts could scent every flower. The love in our hearts could cloak every tree. There's no doubt in my mind, We could fill every river With ripples of love All the way to the sea. The love that we share could colour a rainbow, With plenty left over to light up the sky. And the love in our hearts Could cap every mountain With soft, snowy blankets Of caring piled high. The love in our hearts could change thunder to song, And carpet a pathway, no matter how long. The love in out hearts could turn grey skies to blue. With love we can do anything, Just me and you."
And before they knew it, Big and Boo were home snuggled up in their cosy burrow. "I love you" whispered Big, But Boo was sound asleep.