Beautiful wedding readings for your ceremony!
Why include a reading?
A reading offers a beautiful way to include someone special in your ceremony, whether it is a family member or a close friend, or I am happy to read it for you.
How do you choose the right reading?
That is often the hardest part: it should be something your genuinely Like, something that sounds like you, and something that holds meaning for you and your partner.
Where can you find inspiration?
A meaningful reading might come from a movie, song, book, poem, or religious or non religious text. Most importantly, choose words that move you- words that make you laugh, bring a tear, or capture something true about your relationship.
Some of my favourite readings.
If you are looking for something romantic and ceremony ready, I have included a few of my favourites below.
The Union by Robert Fulghum
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, 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, lover, dancing partner, even teacher, for you have learned much from one another
these past few 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.
Fair Dinkum Love by Kim Cockerill
Fair dinkum love isn’t about bringing in a dozen red roses.
It’s about bringing in the washing.
It’s not about standing next to your partner because they look good on your arm.
It’s about standing by them even when they look foolish. Fair dinkum love isn’t about stiff posture and smart clothes.
It’s about wrestling on the couch in your tracksuit.
It’s not about oysters and candle-lit dinners.
It’s about bringing home Chinese when your partner’s had a busy day.
Fair dinkum love isn’t about exciting getaways and fancy resorts. It’s about being totally content sleeping-in together at home.
It’s not about gym membership and facelifts.
It’s about growing old and fat together.
Fair dinkum love is not about romance or image or success.
Fair dinkum love is about two average people adoring and accepting each other for why they are.
Reading for a Farm Wedding by Candice Bydder
Love is a lot like a farm.
It’s more than just throwing a bunch of seeds in the ground and hoping for the best.
Nurture it and it will be rich and abundant.
Neglect it and it will become troublesome and wild.
Sure, there are factors you can’t control – storms, conflict and breakdown. But floods will always subside, droughts will break and fences can be mended. As for the rest, with patience, support and dedication, almost any challenge can be overcome. Above all, remember that love is hard “yakka” and with time, you’ll
know every hill and valley in your relationship.
When you get there, it’s the sweetest and most satisfying harvest of all
When two people join – unknown title
When two people join together ad bod their livers forever because they are certain they have something special that will make their commitment last…. This is the first act of faith.
Upon this act of faith these two people will build a life and as long as their determination stay with them their life will always be their hope, their dream, their truth, their being, their inspiration, and their source of strength.
Through their life together, they will hurt and laugh
Together they will feel all of life’s ups and downs
They will learn and grow through trial and error.
The lesson will show them the meaning of true love
And the difference between a love that lasts
And one that just gives up.
These two people will face each failure together and discover the strength to go on. They will encourage each other’s dreams and forgive each other’s faults.
Through a labor of love, these two will become as one, fighting against the odds and ultimately creating a commitment that will grow into an infinite love.
I Treasure Your Friendship by Rod McKuen
There is no greater treasure than an understanding friend
Who’s there in times of trouble and on whom we can depend.
A friend who knows our every mood
And brightens cloudy days,
One who’s slow to criticise,
But quick to offer praise.
One who shares our happy times
And gives them added worth,
Who adds a touch of heaven
To all our days on earth.
There is no greater treasure
Than a friend who always cares,
One who will always remember us
Every day throughout the year.