Emily Jo Shelton

*Intro*

Good evening! I just wanted to start by saying how grateful and honored I am that you trusted me with this intimate ceremony and joining your lives as one.

Tristan, I met you years ago only once, and you left the impression on me that you're one of the good ones. The day I saw that you and Gray started dating validated that for me. Gray, you're someone I've always seen as strong, and never having been afraid to be exactly as you are. Knowing that you have both found one another brings me great comfort. Getting to see two people have the opportunity to love each other wholly as you are is something that should never be taken for granted.

Over the years you have built a relationship that’s deeply loving, affectionate, supportive, and sincere. Tristan, in Gray you have someone who is fun-loving, resilient, imaginative, thoughtful, and incredibly sweet; she brings so much warmth and energy into your world. Gray, in Tristan you have a partner who is loyal, honest, strong, caring, ambitious, and hard-working; a solid anchor who always has your back.

Today, we will be making official the bond that everyone around you already so clearly sees.

*Declaration of Intent*

"Tristan, do you take Gray to be your wife? Do you promise to love her, respect her, stand by her through every season, and build a life full of laughter, support, and deep partnership together?"

Tristan: "I do."

"Gray, do you take Tristan to be your husband? Do you promise to love him, respect him, stand by him through every season, and build a life full of laughter, support, and deep partnership together?"

Gray: "I do."

*Exchange of Rings*

"Rings are an unbroken circle; a simple, constant reminder of the promises you’re making today that you’ll carry with you everywhere you go.

Tristan, go ahead and take Gray’s ring, place it on her finger, and repeat after me:

'Gray, I give you this ring / as a symbol of my love / and my commitment to you.'

Gray, take Tristan’s ring, place it on his finger, and repeat after me:

'Tristan, I give you this ring / as a symbol of my love / and my commitment to you.'"

*Pronouncement & First Kiss*

"Gray and Tristan, by the power vested in me, I now pronounce you husband and wife! Tristan, you may kiss your bride!"