My sister has a fantastic singing voice and is singing Ave Maria at my [other] sister's wedding in May... it got me to thinking that I'd love for her to sing at our wedding too...
We were out the other evening at a P!nk concert and I asked if she would sing Bette Middler's 'The Rose'
She said how much she LOVES that song and would be delighted to sing it... in addition to the reading she is going to, err, read.
Because of this, I thought it was only fair that H2b have someone do a reading.... as long as he found one - I had struggled to find the two that I actually liked! So he found this:
Apache Blessing
Now you will feel no rain, for each of you will be shelter for the other. Now you will feel no cold, for each of you will be warmth to the other. Now there will be no loneliness, for each of you will be companion to the other. Now you are two persons, but there is only one life before you. May beauty surround you both in the journey ahead and through all the years. May happiness be your companion and your days together be good and long upon the earth.
Treat yourselves and each other with respect, and remind yourselves often of what brought you together. Give the highest priority to the tenderness, gentleness and kindness that your connection deserves. When frustration, difficulties and fear assail your relationship – as they threaten all relationships at one time or another – remember to focus on what is right between you, not only the part which seems wrong. In this way, you can ride out the storms when clouds hide the face of the sun in your lives – remembering that even if you lose sight of it for a moment, the sun is still there.
And if each of you takes responsibility for the quality of your life together, it will be marked by abundance and delight.
Which his sister will read.
So ceremony elements are now all picked and confirmed and everything is sealed in an envelope ready to be sent by recorded delivery to the Registry Office in the morning! No going back now!!!
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