Patricia Ricker

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Welcome! Good afternoon, family and friends.

We have come here today to celebrate the wedding of Mike and Caitlyn. On behalf of the bride and groom, thank you for joining us. By your presence, you celebrate with them the love they have discovered in each other, and you support their decision to commit themselves to a lifelong bond of marriage.

Marriage is to be entered into only after considerable thought and reflection. By making this commitment today, Caitlyn and Mike’s relationship will become stronger, better, and deeper.

Today, Mike and Caitlyn demonstrate their devotion to each other by dedicating themselves to a life together and they show their respect for each other. By setting forth to honor the vows they have created today, their lives, which began on separate paths, will be joined as one.

Today represents not only the joining of Caitlyn and Mike but also the joining of their families and friends.

Caitlyn and Mike would like to recognize their parents on this occasion. They offer their profound gratitude for all the love and care their parents showed in raising them. The unconditional gifts of love and support that you have continually offered have inspired them to become who they are today. Without you, this day would not be possible.

We also ask that we take a moment to honor those loved ones who are not with us today, but who are watching over them. [Names of those acknowledged here] Mom & Dad Grandpa & Grandma and so on...

Deep abiding affection, the magical and compelling shared impulse that makes us seek each others’ company, is one of the greatest gifts of the human experience. Any of us who has been fortunate enough to find and

express the kind of loving devotion that we are celebrating here today knows that it is an awesome and rare & beautiful thing.

Mike and Caitlyn, do you, present yourselves willingly and of your own accord to be joined in marriage? We do.

Will you promise to care for each other in the joys and sorrows of life, come what may, and to share the responsibility for growth and enrichment of your life together? We do.

Then please turn to each other and share your vows.

"Today I promise you that though the world may change and though we may change with it I will always love you, always treasure you and will share all that I am with you I am proud, from this day forward to be called your wife/husband.

For thousands of years, men and women have exchanged rings as a token of their vows. Let these rings be a sign that your love has a past, a present, and a future.

Mike, take Caitlyn’s ring and place it on her finger and repeat after me:

I give you this ring as a sign that I choose you.

To be my Wife and my best friend to the end of my days.

Caitlyn , take Mike’s ring and place it on his finger and repeat after me:

I give you this ring as a sign that I choose you.

To be my Husband and my best friend to the end of my days.

The love already shared by your hearts has been strengthened by the vows you have taken today and the rings you have now exchanged, on this your wedding day. August 22 2020

Mike and Caitlyn, we have heard your promise to share your lives in marriage. In the honesty and sincerity of what you have said and done here today, and in accordance with the laws of the state of Ohio it is my honor and delight to declare you henceforth to be Husband and Wife.

You may seal your vows with a kiss.

Please Welcome - Mr. and Mrs. Mike & Caitlyn Comley

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