Eleanor Trinowski

Welcome!

Finally, we are here.

Proverbs 30:18-19: "There are three things that amaze me—no, four things that I don't understand: how an eagle glides through the sky, how a snake slithers on a rock, how a ship navigates the ocean, how a man loves a woman."

We are gathered together to join Latasha Wallace and James Jason Mintell in the spiritual union of marriage.

This contract is not to be entered into lightly but thoughtfully and seriously, and with a deep realization of its obligations and responsibilities. Please remember that love, loyalty, and understanding are the foundations of a happy and enduring home.

Together, we will witness the vows Latasha and James are taking with the symbolism of the blending of sand...

Today you are making a life-long commitment to share the rest of your lives with each other and honor to your children as well. Your family relationship is symbolized through the pouring of these individual containers of sand; one representing you Latasha, and all that you were, all that you are, and all that you will ever be, and one representing you James, and all that you were, all that you are, and all that you will ever be.

There are children who will share in this marriage; Sean, Mary, and Scarlett. Each child who will share in this marriage will also pour an individual container of sand. The gathering of this new family will have a deep influence upon them. We realize that in order for the home to be a happy one, it is essential that there be love and understanding between the children and the adults being married. As you each hold your sand, the separate containers of sand represent your lives to this moment; individual and unique. As you now combine your sand together, your lives also join together as one family.

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You may now blend the sand together symbolizing the uniting of the children and the bride and the groom into one.

Just as these grains of sand can never be separated and poured again into the individual containers, so will your marriage and your family be.

Mark 10:9: "Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate."

*(Vows)*

Do you Latasha Wallace take this man James Jason Mintell to be your lawfully wedded husband,to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in good times and bad, for richer or poorer, keeping yourself unto him for as long as you both shall live?

*(Wait for Confirmation)*

Do you James Jason Mintell take this woman Latasha Wallace to be your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in good times and bad, for richer or poorer, keeping yourself unto her for as long as you both shall live?

*(Wait for Confirmation)*

Latasha Wallace and James Jason Mintell will now exchange rings as a symbol of their love and commitment.

*(Ring Exchange)*

By the authority vested in me by the State of Georgia..

I now pronounce you husband and wife.