White Wedding - Color Me Happy

As most of the civilized world now knows, (or at least my corner of Gather) I got married this last Saturday to the man of my dreams, Bill. The wedding was an occasion of great joy and happiness for me, for Bill and for my sons. While this marriage was my third and Bill's fourth we both, felt that this was the first time we had gotten it right. We knew within a week of meeting that we were

We had a very small gathering, a nice group of 11. We were married by a judge, Judge Richard Harper, a family friend. He gave a lovely, touching ceremony, then Bill and I read a poem. Bill had gotten me a card for our wedding day. The poem touched both of us so deeply and it was so much like us that we decided to use it as our vows.

I have included this poem below. It was written by Renee Duvall and so perfectly fits the two of us. We read it alternating lines and it was so close to our hearts that our feelings came out in the words. We both had tears in our eyes by the end of the poem, as did several of the family member. The judge teared up and asked for a copy of this poem.

Bill - Every day I fall in love with you all over again

Wanda - I fall in love with the things that attracted me to you in the first place

Bill - Important things, like your values and character

Wanda - Little things like the touch of your hand and the flash of your smile

Bill - I fall in love with aspects I've discovered along the way

Wanda - Your constant loyalty to our life together

Bill - Your encouragement of my personal growth

Wanda - Your knack for finding new ways to keep our love alive and growing

Bill - I fall in love with dreams of our future

Wanda - With new journeys we've found

Bill - New experiences we've shared, new milestones

Wanda - That wouldn't mean anything if we didn't reach them together

Bill - Every day I'm more grateful

Wanda - I found my soul mate, my lifelong love

Together - My heart's every desire in you