Ashley Shavon Blair

Welcome Friends and Family,

We are gathered together here to join Brittany Chappell and Jose Miranda in the union of marriage.

This union is a serious and thoughtful joining that holds deep feelings, obligations, and responsibilities. Please remember that love, loyalty, and understanding are the foundations of a happy life and enduring home for years to come. In the years that I've known Brittany I've learned so much about her and Jose's relationship. For me knowing Brittany and knowing that she is a generally happy person. I don't think I've ever seen her be negative about anything. She's such a sweet person and I'm happy to be able to be here for this amazing occasion. As for Jose, after speaking with him when i first met him i realized how easygoing of a person he is, i think that's an amazing quality that suits Brittany's happy go lucky personality. It's almost seems like there relationship meshes so well that it was destined to be. When you have 2 people who "Fit" each other, it means a lasting love that is hard to break. We all know relationships are hard but being able to work out all your problems means that you understand each other well. They share such an amazing and beautiful bond that you don't see with a lot of younger couples and that proves that this is the work of a high power.

At this time i'm going to turn the spotlight onto the center of this event Brittany Chappell and Jose Miranda to share their vows that they have written to each other.

*(Vows)*

Do you Brittany Chappell take this man Jose Miranda 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 for and only him for as long as you both shall live?

*(Wait for Confirmation)*

Do you Jose Miranda take this woman Brittany Chappell 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 for her and only her for as long as you both shall live?

*(Wait for Confirmation)*

Brittany and Jose will now exchange rings as a symbol of their love and commitment.

*(Ring Exchange)*

Brittany and Jose will be partaking in the Sand Ceremony. (I'll do a small synopsis about what the sand ceremony means while you perform this ceremony)

The flowing sand and blending of the colors in the Unity Sand Ceremony symbolize the bringing together of two lives into one. The two sands symbolize everything that the bride and groom have been or will become in the future.

The blending of the sand represents the union not only of them but their friends and families as well. The separate sands once poured into the unity vase can never be put back into their separate vases. They are forever entwined just as the lives and loves of the bride and groom.

*(Sand ceremony)*

Brittany and Jose will also now be jumping the broom. (I'll also so a small synopsis of the what jumping the broom means while you prepare to jump the broom)

Jumping the broom is a time-honored wedding tradition in which the bride and groom jump over a broom during the ceremony. The act symbolizes a new beginning and a sweeping away of the past, and can also signify the joining of two families or offer a respectful nod to family ancestors.

*(Jump Broom)*

By the authority vested in me by American Marriage Ministries and the State of Georgia I now pronounce you wife and husband! You may now kiss the bride.

I present to you Mr. and Mrs. Jose Miranda!