A Love Letter

Hello everyone!

We’ve written about writing your own personal vows or following in the more traditional “repeat after me”. Either one works for the ceremony style you desire, and both mean so much as those words hold such power and promise! Vows! 

But some people are shy, or should I say prefer the private approach and don’t want to say personal vows in front of everyone but do still, want to share personal, intimate words with their spouse-to-be. And this is understandable, especially today where we live in a world where everything seems to be shared with everyone. It can be quite special to share your words/vows with your person privately, while keeping the traditional vows for the ceremony. 

A beautiful way to carry this out is to write your spouse-to-be a letter where you would express to them what they mean to you. This letter can be delivered by one of your bridal team, or the two of you can sneak away at some point on your wedding day, just the two of you, and read your letters to one another. 

You may be reading this and saying to yourself, “I don’t know how to write or express in words what someone means to me. I don’t know where to start!” You know the words are there, deep inside and you may even feel them bubble up, but you’re not convinced you’re the best communicator or even a writer. Well you don’t have to perfect at it, just be you! Simply set some time aside and start with saying how much you love them and let that lead into how much they mean to you and even what you like about them. From there you can share some important moments in your shared story and how they shaped you and your relationship, then lead into writing your vows, or your commitment to your spouse-to-be and how that will translate into your everyday life with them. And at the end you can write what you hope your marriage will be and the commitment it will take from both of you to have that hope unfold! 

Bye for now…