Sorry, been done a million times, but wedding readings!

This is what we were doing lasy night!!!

Got one picked, and another on the short-list. Gonna look again tonight to see if we still like them.

Not heard of "Maybe"...

What ones did you pick GB?

This is the one I was meaning -

Maybe we are supposed to meet the wrong people before we meet the right one so when they finally arrive we are truly grateful for the gift we have been given.

Maybe its true that we don't know what we have lost until we lose it but it is also true that we don't know what we're missing until it arrives.

Maybe the happiest of people don't have the best of everything, but make the best of everything that comes their way.

Maybe the best kind of love is the kind where you sit on the sofa together, not saying a word, and walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you ever had.

Maybe once in a lifetime you find someone who not only touches your heart but also your soul, someone who loves you for who you are and not what you could be.

Maybe the art of true love is not about finding the perfect person, but about seeing an imperfect person perfectly.

I was just looking at this this morning.

We are having a poem about wedding rings that the Registrar has and this one (this is the short one, theres a longer version too):

The Art Of A Good Marriage
(shortened version)
Wilferd Arlan Peterson

A good marriage must be created.
In marriage the little things are the big things...
It is never being too old to hold hands,
It is remembering to say "I love you" at least once a day,
It is never going to sleep angry,
It is having a mutual sense of values and common objectives,
It is standing together and facing the world,
It is forming a circle of love that gathers in the whole family,
It is speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful ways,
It is having the capacity to forgive and forget,
It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow,
It is a common search for the good and the beautiful,
It is not only marrying the right person, it is being the right partner.

We are having 'the one' it's a bit soppy but I love it!!

Our friends had that one Gillsy! D didn't like that one though - and many more like it!! ? Due to the first line really.

They're at home, Might be able to share tonight when we've made the deicsion! Our readers want to know what it is they have to do!

GB - the first line could be removed if thats the case??? Then, I guess if your friends had it you wouldn't want it as well. I probably wouldn't

I can understand that GB. I don't mind it at all, I think that's very appropriate for both me and OH. As G said, you could just drop that line?

This is our first one.... by my brother

Union by Robert Fulghum (Eddy)

You have known each other from the first glance of acquaintance to this point of commitment.

At some point, you decided to marry.

From that moment of yes, to this moment of yes, indeed, you have been making commitments in an informal way.

All of those conversations that were held in a car, or over a meal, or during long walks – all those conversations that began with, “When we’re married”, and continued with “I will” and “you will” and “we will” – all those late night talks that included “someday” and “somehow” and “maybe” – and all those promises that are unspoken matters of the heart.

All these common things, and more, are the real process of a wedding.

The symbolic vows that you are about to make are a way of saying to one another, “You know all those things that we’ve promised, and hoped, and dreamed – (well, I meant it all, every word.”)

Look at one another and remember this moment in time.

Before this moment you have been many things to one another – acquaintance, friend, companion, dancing partner, lover, and even teacher, for you have learned much from one another these past eleven years.

Shortly you shall say a few words that will take you across a threshold of life, and things between you will never quite be the same.

For after today you shall say to the world –This is my husband. This is my wife.

THEN - Matt's sister is reading this....

Friendship – Judy Bielicki

“It is often said that it is love that makes the world go round. However, without doubt, it is friendship which keeps our spinning existence on an even keel. True friendship provides so many of the essentials for a happy life – it is the foundation on which to build an enduring relationship, it is the mortar which bonds us together in harmony, and it is the calm, warm protection we sometimes need when the world outside seems cold and chaotic. True friendship holds a mirror to our foibles and failings, without destroying our sense of worthiness. True friendship nurtures our hopes, supports us in our disappointments, and encourages us to grow to our best potential. (Bride) and (Groom) came together as friends. Today, they pledge to each other not only their love, but also the strength, warmth and, most importantly, the fun of true friendship.”

THEN!!! We're having this at some point... TBC :-)

Congratulations!

Today is your day!

You’re off to Great Places!

You’re off and away!

You have brains in your head.

You have feet in your shoes

You can steer yourself any direction you choose!

You’re on your own.

And you know what you know.

And YOU are the ones who’ll decide where to go.

You’ll look up and down streets.

Look them over with care.

About some you will say,

“We don’t choose to go there!”

With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet,

You’re too smart to go down any “Not-So-Good” street.

And you may not find any you’ll want to go down.

In that case, of course, you’ll head straight out of town!

It’s opener there in the wide open air... J

Out there things can happen and frequently do

To people as brainy and footsy as you! J

And when things start to happen, don’t worry. Don’t stew!

Just go right along. You’ll start happening too... J

OH! THE PLACES YOU’LL GO!

You’ll get mixed up, of course, as you already know.

You’ll get mixed up with many strange birds as you go...

So be sure when you step.

Step with care and great tact.

And remember that Life’s a Great Balancing Act.

Just never forget to be dexterous and deft.

And never mix up your right foot with left.

And will you succeed?

Yes! You will, Yes indeed!

(98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed!) J

Matt and Claire

You’ll move mountains!

Today is your day!

You’re off to Great Places

So get on your way!

Gillsy we're having the Art of a Good Marriage too! Plus one or two others which we haven't totally decided on yet.

OMG!!! Im just reading this thread thinking 'I wonder if someone has come up with something different and desperate to find a reading from kids book' love it!!!! How did I not think of it before?!

:-)

My mum was the Head mistress of a Nursery School for 40 years and this is one of her favourites - am keeping it a surprise from her!!! :-)

Glad you like Charlied :-) xxx

It is a great one, being a teacher myself I think its a great one for yr6s when they are leaving school, but can be equally good in another situation.

were also thinking of little nut brown hare 'guess how much I love you' and somewhere Im sure I read a celeb wedding having a reading from winnie the pooh, must try and find that .

Question- who do you ask to do the reading and is it ok to give them a reading or do people generally like to pick them and you ok it? !

No... I've picked the readings - been scouring the net for months - :-)

I'm asking my brother and matts 2 suisters to do the readings (my other sister is my chief bridesmaid) - so keeping the readings all in the family here!! :-)

I'm hand picking who reads what! Bit of a control freak with this! :-) xxx

The book of readings I have has the Winnie the Pooh reading in it.

Have found another one I like

I like you and I know why

I like you because you are a good person to like

I like you because when I tell you something special, you know it's special

And you remember it a long, long time

You say, Remember when you told me something special

And both of us remember

When I think something is important
 you think it's important too

We have good ideas

When I say something funny, you laugh

I think I'm funny and you think I'm funny too

Hah-hah!

I like you because you know where I'm ticklish
And you don't tickle me there except just a little tiny bit sometimes

But if you do, then I know where to tickle you too

You know how to be silly - that's why I like you
If I am getting ready to pop a paper bag,
then you are getting ready to jump

HOORAY

I like you because when I am feeling sad

You don't always cheer me up right away

Sometimes it is better to be sad

You can't stand the others being so googly and gaggly every single minute

You want to think about things

It takes time

I like you because if I am mad at you

Then you are mad at me too

It's awful when the other person isn't

They are so nice and oooh you could just about punch them on the nose


I can't remember when I didn't like you

It must have been lonesome then
Even if it was the 999th of July

Even if it was August

Even if it was way down at the bottom of November

I would go on choosing you

And you would go on choosing me

Over and over again

And that's how it would happen every time

check out

http://www.weddingmagazine.co.uk/articles/receptions/341047/funny-wedding-readings.html

Thanks all. I'll have a look through them now.

I keep seeing ones I like but they are written in the first person and I don't want it sound like our two readers are reading something like that to us (I hope that makes sense!) Would be ok if I was reading it to OH.

I think I better hurry up and decide!