Suzanne Kay Goben

Tracie born in 1957, Mimi 1961

Opening: We are here on this magnificent and beautiful day to celebrate one of life’s greatest moments! To publicly witness the marriage of Tracie and Mimi. But today there will be no dearly beloved, no betrothed, and no ancient rhyme of the married. No, none of that--because today is all about LOVE. And as the Beatles said it many many years ago...All ya need is love. Right?

But Love isn’t just a word; it’s an action.

Love isn’t something you say, it’s something you do. It's something you have to work at, to make it grow, and blossom, and bloom!

So I want you treat your marriage and your love like a garden, something which needs to be tended to every day. And when you chose this, when you chose love every morning when you wake up, and every day for the rest of your lives--You two will have a full and complete life together. Because you coming here today is the choice. You are both choosing each other.

Tracie, from this day on, do you choose Mimi to be your wife, your best friend?

To live together, play together and laugh together;

To work by her side and dream in her arms;

To fill her heart and feed her soul;

To always seek out the best in her;

Always loving her with all your heart, until the end of your forever?

If so, Say, “I do!”

Mimi, from this day on do you choose Tracie to be your husband, your best friend?

To live together, play together and laugh together;

To work by his side and dream in his arms;

To fill his heart and feed his soul;

To always seek out the best in him;

Always loving him with all your heart, until the end of your forever?

If so, Say, “I do!”

Tracie, I know you know Mimi is beautiful, but she is crazy, and she cant help but amaze -- the way that she dances, aint afraid takes chances--and she wears her heart on her sleeve--And I know you know she's crazy, and her crazy is beautiful, and you see.

An Mimi, i know you wanna walk and not run and wanna skip and not fall, and let your cowboy take you away from it all.

So if the two of you ever find yourselves in times of trouble, please make sure your whisper words of wisdom to each other, and then just let it be...just let it be. And remember, love is a choice. So choose love. Every day.

MAY NOT HAVE TO SAY:

Tracie, if you would repeat after me:

I, Tracie take you, Mimi to be my wife. In the good times and bad, there is no one I’d rather have by my side. I will be your sidekick in all adventures. I promise to never stop playing with you. I will love you as my best friend, lover, and partner in crime. I’m in it for life.

I, Mimi take you, Tracie to be my husband. In the good times and bad, there is no one I’d rather have by my side. I will be your sidekick in all adventures. And I promise to never stop playing with you. I will love you as my best friend, lover, and partner in crime. I’m in it for life.

And now you may exchange your beautiful rings as a symbol of your love and commitment. And Tracie, as you place the ring on Mimi's finger know that is a symbol of your love with the pledge: to love her today, tomorrow, always, and forever. And Mimi, as you place the ring on Tracie's finger know that is a symbol of your love with the pledge: to love him today, tomorrow, always, and forever.

Now you will feel no rain, for each of you will be shelter for the other.

Now you will feel no cold, for each of you will be warmth to the other.

Now there will be no loneliness, for each of you will be companion to the other.

Now you are two persons, but there is only one life before you.

May beauty surround you both in the journey ahead and through all the years.

May happiness be your companion and your days together be good and long upon the earth

By the authority vested in me by American Marriage Ministries and the State of Indiana I now pronounce you husband and wife!