A wedding is a union of two souls, coming together as one and dedicating themselves to each another, no matter what circumstances life may throw up. It can be overwhelming to find the right words that encapsulate how much you mean to one another and how important this union is to you both. But where your own words may fail you, a beautifully written ceremony reading can get across the exact sentiment you're carrying in your hearts. This touching reading below, Wedding Day by Rowena Edlin-White hits all the right notes for us, as it captured the magic of two separate people choosing to live their lives, walking hand in hand in the same direction. Perhaps it will speak to you and you'll choose it to include it your special day.

Wedding Day by Rowena Edlin-White

Now comes the knitting, the tying, entwining into one,
Mysterious involvement of two, whole, separate people
Into something altogether strange and changing, new and lovely.
Nothing can be, we will never be, the same again:
Not merged into each other irrevocably, but rather
From now on we go the same way, in the same direction,
Agreeing not to leave each other lonely, or discouraged, or behind.
I will do my best to keep my promises to treasure you and keep you warm;
And we will make our wide bed beneath the bright
And ragged quilt of all the yesterdays that make us who we are,
The strengths and frailties we each bring to this marriage,
And we will be rich indeed.