BRIDE
[Bride's name], please face [Groom's name], and hold his hands, palms up, so you may see the gift that they are to you.
These are the hands of your best friend, young and strong and vibrant with love, that are holding yours on your wedding day, as he promises to love you all the days of his life.
These are the hands that will work along side yours, as together you build your future, as you laugh and cry, as you share your innermost secrets and dreams.
These are the hands you will place with expectant joy against your stomach, until he too, feels his child stir within you.
These are the hands that look so large and strong, yet will be so gentle as he holds your baby for the first time.
These are the hands that will work long hours for you and your new family.
These are that hands that will passionately love you and cherish you through the years, for a lifetime of happiness.
These are the hands that will countless times wipe the tears from your eyes: tears of sorrow and tears of joy.
These are the hands that will comfort you in illness, and hold you when fear or grief wrack your mind.
These are the hands that will tenderly lift your chin and brush your cheek as they raise your face to look into his eyes: eyes that are filled completely with his overwhelming love and desire for you.
GROOM
[Groom's name], please hold [Bride's name]'s hands, palms up, where you may see the gift that they are to you.
These are the hands of your best friend, smooth, young and carefree, that are holding yours on your wedding day, as she pledges her love and commitment to you all the days of her life.
These are the hands that will hold each child in tender love, soothing them through illness and hurt, supporting and encouraging them along the way, and knowing when it is time to let go.
These are the hands that will massage tension from you neck and back in the evenings after you've both had a long hard day.
These are the hands that will hold you tight as you struggle through difficult times.
These are the hands that will comfort you when you are sick, or console you when you are grieving.
They are the hands that will passionately love you and cherish you through the years, for a lifetime of happiness.
These are the hands that will hold you in joy and excitement and hope, each time she tells you that you are to have another child, that together you have created a new life.
These are the hands that will give you support as she encourages you to chase down your dreams. Together as a team, everything you wish for can be realized.
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G. Charbonneau bgcharb@hotmail.com
Posted at 9:27pm on Friday, August 1st, 2008
Is there a copywrite to the Hands of the Bride and Groom
Crystal New York
Posted at 4:36pm on Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
I plan on using a variation of this reading for my wedding on August 16, but don't know who to credit for writing it. Does anyone know?
Lena Lubbock, TX
Posted at 8:53am on Saturday, July 19th, 2008
Did you know that this reading is often done in connection with a Celtic Handfasting?
Mia USA
Posted at 5:19am on Monday, May 19th, 2008
Eeewwww. I agree with anon above.
Amanda Ohio
Posted at 5:33pm on Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
I got married June 23, 2007. We used this prayer in our ceremony. It fit our hopes and dreams of our life together. We asked our Preacher to read as we stared into each others eyes and held each other hands. I feel this prayer completed our ceremony. I would recommend this prayer to any couple that would have spent the rest of their lives together no matter what, but wanted to get married to be a family.
Alisha US
Posted at 2:01pm on Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
This is a great poem. My husband and I had this read in our wedding ceremony
daniel kampala
Posted at 3:40pm on Monday, January 28th, 2008
This is a pretty good message
Anonymous Kentucky
Posted at 7:45pm on Tuesday, July 10th, 2007
I think this is the prettiest poem ever. Not sexist at all.
Nick England
Posted at 3:32pm on Saturday, May 12th, 2007
This is a very sexist prayer - He gets a neck massage & the chance to chase down 'his' dreams whilst all she seems to have to be is a baby making machine! hardly an equal partnership! it's the 21st century for goodness sake! wake up!
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