Victoria Stokes

Welcome, everyone,

We are gathered here today on the beautiful courthouse lawn to celebrate a simple truth: love doesn't need a grand stage to be meaningful. Sometimes the most important promises are made quietly, with just the two people who matter most.

Anthony and Lisa first met in college, where a friendship began that would eventually grow into the love they share today. Through the years, they've built a relationship filled with trust, companionship, and countless little moments that have led them here.

One of those little reminders of their love is a phrase that has become theirs uniquely: "I love you to the moon and back." Those words are more than a saying—they're a promise they've chosen to carry with them every day, even wearing matching bracelets as a reminder of that bond.

Today, they choose to make that promise permanent.

Vows

Anthony, please repeat after me.

"I, Anthony Sharf, take you, Lisa Kristin Borowik, to be my partner in life, my best friend, and my home.

I promise to love you, to encourage you, to laugh with you, to stand beside you through whatever life brings, and to love you...

to the moon and back... for all the days of my life."

*(Wait for Confirmation)*

Do you, Anthony Sharf, take Lisa Kristina Borowik to be your lawfully wedded partner, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in good times and woe, for richer or poorer, keeping yourself unto her for as long as you both shall live?

*(Wait for Confirmation)*

Lisa, please repeat after me.

"I, Lisa Kristin Borowik, take you, Anthony Sharf, to be my partner in life, my best friend, and my home.

I promise to love you, to encourage you, to laugh with you, to stand beside you through whatever life brings, and to love you...

to the moon and back... for all the days of my life."

*(Wait for Confirmation)*

Do you, Lisa Kristina Borowik, take Anthony Sharf to be your lawfully wedded partner, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in good times and woe, for richer or poorer, keeping yourself unto him for as long as you both shall live?

*(Wait for Confirmation)*

May I have the rings?

These rings are simple circles with no beginning and no end, just as love grows through each new day you share together. May they always remind you of the promises you make here today.

Anthony, please place the ring on Lisa's finger and repeat after me:

"With this ring, I give you my love."

Lisa, please place the ring on Anthony's finger and repeat after me:

"With this ring, I give you my love."

Pronouncement

Anthony and Lisa, you have declared your love and commitment to one another and exchanged your vows and rings.

By the authority vested in me by the State of Arkansas, it is my great honor and privilege to pronounce you married partners.

Anthony, you may kiss your partner!

Congratulations!