Cathy A Hurd

Welcome Beloved Family and Friends

Who would have thought that meeting through friends at a Sadie Hawkins Dance would bring us all together today?

What greater thing for two persons than to feel that they are joined together; to strengthen each other, to rest on each other in sorrow, to help each other in need, to share joy and to be one with each other - no matter what life has to offer.

This is a special time of celebration that Aaliyah and Tyler will remember for a long time. Because of this, they are thankful you are here today to share in this joy.

Aaliyah and Tyler today begins a life of giving and sharing, nurturing and supporting, allowing each other the freedom to change and grow as individuals while developing your mutual spirit as time goes by. In marriage, the little things are the big things, it is about establishing a respectful relationship in which the independence is equal, dependence is mutual and the obligation is reciprocal.

Today your family and friends are gathered to celebrate you union. We are all privileged to witness to friends committed to sharing a lifetime together.

Please remember that love, loyalty, and understanding are the foundations of a happy and enduring home.

Aaliyah and Tyler will now share their vows.

They are writing their own vows:

*(Vows)*

Do you Aaliyah take Tyler to be your lawfully wedded partner, 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 Tyler take Aaliyah to be your lawfully wedded partner, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in good times and in bad, for richer or poorer, keeping yourself unto her for as long as you both shall live?

*(Wait for Confirmation)*

The ring, an unbroken circle, represents unending love. As often as either of you look upon these reings, may you be reminded of this moment and the love you have promised to one another.

Aaliyah and Tyler will now exchange rings as a symbol of their love and commitment.

*(Ring Exchange)*

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