Our vow.

I, Anne-Marie, take you, John, to be my husband.
I love you - you are my best friend.
Today I give myself to you in marriage.

I promise to encourage you and inspire you, to laugh with you,
and to comfort you in times of sorrow and struggle.

I promise to love you in times of good and bad,
when life seems easy and when it seems hard,
when our love is simple and when it is an effort.

I promise to cherish you and to always hold you
in highest regard.
These things I give to you today and all the days of our life together.

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Two days after our wedding, my sister, brother-in-law and two youngest nieces left for six months in the United States. After the joy of the wedding it was hard to say good-bye to them!
I took this picture of them on the porch of their house right before they left.