Additional Caribbean Wedding Vows

Your vows are the most important significant essence of your ceremony. These are the words that you promise each other. They are the emotionally and spiritually binding part of the ceremony. Vows are love made tangible. They speak from the depth of your soul's feelings for one another. They profess your love to the end of time. These words make you accountable through intention, to yourself and to your beloved. These words will continuously call you to the emotional, behavioral, and spiritual commitment that from this day forward you are choosing to undertake. 

Following are some vows which represent both an expansion and a revision of the traditional vows, in that they include some very specific promises about the nature of the union you are entering into. You may want to use them exactly as they are or as a basis for formulation your own vows. Remember that each other's vows do not have to be the same.

If you choose to use additional vows then during the ceremony when it comes time for the vows (after the "I Dos") you will face each other and read them directly to each other. A very nice touch is to completely write your own vows and share them to each other for the first time at the wedding. You can write them beforehand on a nice blank hallmark card, bring them with you, hand them to the minister before the ceremony and you will receive them back at the time for the reading of the vows. 

Please allow your minister to know if you choose to use any of these vows ahead of time.

blank lines "__________" to be replaced by bride and groom's names

VOWS ONE

I, _______, pledge you, ______, my complete love and my deepest trust. 
            I promise to be ever faithful and honest, to share my dreams and my fears.
       I promise to laugh with you and cry with you and to be forever close in our souls.
     I take you as my husband/wife and my best friend  with joy and gratitude. 
      I will continue to honor and cherish you for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health.
No matter how stormy the seas of life may seem we will always find our safe harbor together.
My love and loyalty will be yours, forever and always.

VOWS TWO
From this day on I choose you, my beloved _______, to be my wife (husband/ mate/ life partner), to live with you and laugh with you; to stand by your side and sleep in your arms; to be joy to your heart and food to your soul; to bring out the best in you always; and, for you, to be the most that I can. To laugh with you in the good times; to struggle with you in the bad; to solace you when you are downhearted; to wipe your tears with my hands; to comfort you with my body; to mirror you with my soul; to share with you all my riches and honors; to play with you as much as I can until we grow old, and still loving each other sweetly and gladly, *our lives shall come to the end. or *God shall rest our souls

VOWS THREE
Dearest _________, I do now choose you and take you to be my wife (husband/partner/mate), to witness and assist in my becoming, to hold me, as your beloved, in your heart. I give you my love, the steadfastness of my purpose, my will, and my hope, and my highest intention that always, in one another's presence, we may inflinchingly become who we are, and with unswerving commitment be willing to do what we came here to do. You are my lover, my teacher, my model, my accomplice, and my true counterpart. I will love you, hold you, and honor you, respect you, encourage you, and cherish you, in health and in sickness through sorrow and success for all the days of my life.

VOWS FOUR
In name of God, I take you, _______, to be my beloved wife (husband/mate/ life partner) to have you and hold you, to honor you, to treasure you, to be at your side in sorrow and in joy, to suffer with you and to be transformed, and to love and cherish you always. I promise you this from my heart, with my soul, for all the days of my life, and if God wills, beyond the walls of life, beyond the bounds of time.

VOWS FIVE
_____, my beloved, emptying my heart of all others, I fill it now with you, to love you until the end of my days as my most treasured wife ( husband/spouse/life partner/mate ). Remembering the sorrows that have brought me to this place, acknowledging the lessons I have learned, I set them all aside, and make my life with you. I will love you, hold you, and honor you in good times and in bad, enjoy you, console you, delight you, astound you when I can, give thanks for you always and cherish you dearly until the end of our days. 

VOWS SIX
Our relationship means everything to me, and I promise that I will never let anyone or anything come before us. Together, I believe we are invincible. My love for you grows stronger everyday and so does my respect for you as an individual. Every time I think our relationship can't get any better you go and prove me wrong. It always amazes me how you do that. I promise I'll always keep you feeling secure, happy, and loved, as long as there's a breath in my body. All I have, all I am, is yours, from this day forward.

VOWS SEVEN
I, ______, from my whole heart, promise you,_____, my love to the end of time … today and forever. I am the luckiest man (woman) to ever walk this earth and sail the seas. ______, you take my breath away. I love you because you bring out the best in me like no other can. You encourage me to be myself and that is a wonderful quality that I do not take lightly. You make me laugh and smile every single day. I promise to share my life with you and show you the wonderful world that we live in. Whether we climb majestic mountains or sail the beautiful oceans I will always be by your side. We are a magnificent team and together we can do anything we set out to do. I have and will continue to honor, cherish, and respect you for the rest of our lives. I love you dearly. Now get ready to have the time of our lives …together … forever.