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From this day forward,

I promise to love you without reservation.

To honor and respect you, 

always hold you in highest regard,
and to work together with you to achieve our goals.

I promise to help shoulder our challenges,
for there is nothing we cannot face if we stand together.

I promise to be your partner in all things,
not possessing you, 

but working with you as a part of the whole.

I promise to share with you the joys of life,
because with you they will be that much sweeter.

I will stay by your side and remain faithful to our vows
in sickness and in health,
in times of plenty and in times of want,
when life seems easy and when it seems hard,
when our love is simple and when it is an effort.

I will support and encourage you,
listen to you with compassion and understanding,
speak to you with respect,

and be kind, patient and forgiving.

I will provide for your needs as best I can,
protect you from harm,
laugh with you in times of triumph,
and comfort you in times of sorrow and struggle.

I will always be open and honest with you,
and trust in you completely.

These are my vows to you, my equal in all things, today and for the rest our lives.

Loving what I know of you, and trusting what I do not yet know. I look forward to growing together, getting to know the person you will become, and falling in love a little more every day. Through whatever life may bring us, I am secure in the knowledge that you will be my constant friend, my faithful partner in life, and my one true love.

Eric, on this special day, in the presence of our family & friends, with all my love, I give to you my sincere promise to stay by your side as your faithful wife.