Writing Meaningful Wedding Vows

You don't need to be a published---or even great---author to write your own wedding vows.

Wedding vows, while widely varied and personal, can be easily written based off favorite quotes, readings, and other wedding readings that have been previously written by other authors.

Some wedding vows are written originally composed between the bride and groom but, usually, couples have a special poem, saying, or song that can be used to inspire and are easily memorized.

Wedding vows do not need to be lengthy nor do they have to be difficult to exchange. Some couples choose to memorize their wedding vows while others choose to read their wedding vows from compositions on paper.

Lengthier wedding readings or other readings can be used for wedding vows and incorporated into the words for the wedding officiant.

Finding Material to use for your Wedding Vows

You may have a book written by an author such Richard Bach, author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull. You may also wish to repeat a mother or grandmother's wedding vows.
Favorite songs can be used and rewritten as wedding vows as well.

However, by far, the best source for finding great material you can use for your wedding vows can be found on the internet by running searches on:

Wedding Readings. You can find a wide variety of wedding readings to create wedding vows, including readings from literature, movies, and opera as well as other popular and classic wedding readings taken from literature.

Wedding Quotes. There are also hundreds of wedding quotes available on the internet and they can be used as a basis for wedding vows. Especially if you have ‘writer's block' or have no idea where to start, reading through wedding quotes can give inspiration on where to start.

Previously Written and Popular Wedding Vows. Who said, "There's no reason to reinvent the wheel?"

Previously written wedding vows can be personalized without having to start from scratch. If you remember attending a wedding where the wedding vows brought you to tears, the wedding vows could have been ‘borrowed' and you may be able to find it, or one like it, on the internet.

How to Memorize your Wedding Vows

Besides practice, here are a few tips to help you memorize your wedding vows should you opt not to read them from paper or a book. Even with butterflies in your stomach, it's easier than you think:

Read your wedding vows over and over in their complete format.

Take each part of your wedding vows and memorize it until you are comfortable and think you "have it down." Then go on to the next part of your wedding vows.

Speak naturally, but slowly and clearly, and be sure to adjust your level of volume so that everyone attending will be able to hear your wedding vows.

Give each other visual helps and cues, such as when it's time to pause for the placement of a ring during the course of saying your wedding vows.

Imagine and practice looking into the eyes of your fiancé using a mirror as you recite your wedding vows. *Remember: you are not saying your wedding vows to the wedding officiant.

Mean the words. Feeling the words of your wedding vows from the heart helps to memorize them.

Additional Resources for Wedding Vows, Wedding Quotes, and Wedding Readings

A Wide Assortment of Different Kinds of Wedding Vows

Choosing Words to Help Solemnize your Wedding Vows

How to Memorize Anything