lizjoy618's Pink wedding

WORDING

We will borrow from the ancient custom of Handfasting for our Unity ceremony today. Handfasting is a traditional form of betrothal, the origins of which are largely lost in the mists of time. It is from this ritual that the term “tying the knot” originated.

Elizabeth and Jordan please join your right hands and then your left. Note that you have just made the infinity symbol representing that love has no beginning and no end.

(Officiant then takes the cord and wraps around one person’s left hand and the other person’s right. As she does so she explains the significance of the color(s) selected by the couple.)

Heart to heart, and hand to hand, you are joined together in marriage. The green ribbon brings blessings of fertility, charity, prosperity and health. The pink ribbon symbolizes unity, honor, truth, romance and happiness.

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These are the hands of your best friend, young and strong and full of love for you, that are holding yours on your wedding day, as you promise to love each other today, tomorrow, and forever.

These are the hands that will work alongside yours, as together you build your future.

These are the hands that will passionately love you and cherish you through the years, and with the slightest touch, will comfort you like no other.

These are the hands that will hold you when fear or grief fills your mind.

These are the hands that will countless times wipe the tears form your eyes; tears of sorrow, and tears of joy.

These are the hands that will tenderly hold your children.

These are the hands that will help you to hold your family as one.

These are the hands that will give you strength when you need it.

And lastly, these are the hands that even when wrinkled and aged, will still be reaching for yours, still giving you the same unspoken tenderness with just a touch.
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The role already taken by the song your hearts share shall now be strengthened by the vows you take. All things of the material world eventually return to the Earth unlike the bond and the connection your spirits share.