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["Theme of Rohan" plays]

["Letters for Clara" plays]

Emma: Please rise.

["Letters for Clara" continues playing]

Emma: Thank you. You may be seated.

Welcome. Thank you all for gathering

here to celebrate the joyous union of

Finn and Jana.

We ask that you be truly present for

their ceremony and silence your

cellphones as you witness the beginning

of their marriage.

Alternately, please go ahead and turn them

all the way up so that we know who to

blame when they go off.

Crowd: [laughter]

Emma: Finn and Jana, today we

celebrate the power of your love and the

strength of your bond.

Before we begin, take a moment to look

around at all of the friendly faces before

you and know that we are all here to

offer you our love, support, and

encouragement as you embark on this

journey together.

Beau Taplin wrote, "Home is not where

you are from, it is where you belong.

Some of us travel the whole world to

find it. Others, find it in a person.". You

found home in one another when you

met.

As we gather here in the spirit of

merriment, let us also recognize the

solemnity present in this moment.

Marriage is a profound commitment,

one worthy of reverence.

Robert Fulghum worded this balance of

gravity and levity beautifully.

"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 promises and agreements

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”.

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 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, lover, dancing

partner, and even teacher, for you have

learned much from one another these

past few years. Now you shall say a

few words that will take you across a

threshold of life, and you shall be married"

Jana and Finn, I believe you've each

written your own vows.

Finn, would you like to go first?

Finn: Sure, uhm.

It's my d&d book.

It's got campaign stuff in it right now.

One of your favorite poets wrote; "Who

can say where the road goes, where the

day flows, only time."

Crowd: [laughter]

Finn: It is so true though. No matter

what we do - or how much we wish -

time is steady and everflowing.

Despite this, you are a constant.

When we met my life was chaotic but

you kept showing up.

I don't remember whole months in the

beginning of our relationship but I do

remember you.

Your smile, and your face, and cheesy

crap like; the sunlight in your hair or

Ursula curled up on your chest.

Crowd: [soft laughter]

Finn: I want to be that constant for you

too. I don't know where the road goes,

or where the day flows but I do know I'll

take every step with you.

I promise in the unpredictable chaos of

life and love and time I will support you.

I promise always to make time for couch

cuddles and coffee made from scratch

and even back rubs.

I promise to love you through every twist

and turn of our road.

From the overgrown rough parts to the

well maintained pothole-less parts.

As long as I am traveling the road with

you, it will be a road worth traveling.

Emma: Jana?

[sound of book falling]

Jana: So Dante once wrote; "In that

book that is my memory, On the first

page that is the chapter when I first met

you, Appear, 'Here begins a new life'.”

And this has never been as much as the

moment I met you.

As we continue deeper into our new

life together I promise to love you until

I am old and gray - through all time and

space - with no spoilers.

Crowd: [soft laughter]

Jana: I promise to take each day as a

new adventure together in love and life

with you.

Even when that means cat boxes or

telling the Bees 'no'.

I can't wait to see what our life together

brings in the future but I can't imagine

taking this path anywhere with anyone

else but you.

So, vivamus, meus Finneus, amemus.

Quando to Gaius, ego Gaia.

Crowd: [boisterous laughter]

Jana: Not yet.

Crowd: [laughter continues]

Emma: You two can join hands now.

Finn, do you take Jana, as your partner

and companion?

Do you promise to share their laughter

during the good times and wipe their

tears during the bad times?

Finn: I do.

Emma: Jana, do you take Finn as your

partner and companion?

Do you promise to share his laughter

during the good times and wipe his

tears during the bad from this day

forward?

Jana: I do.

Emma: Will the ring bearer please come

forward?

The ring symbolizes the unbroken circle of

endless love.

It is worn on the third finger because of

the ancient Greek belief that a vein from

that finger is connected directly to the

heart.

Thus symbolizing the depth and sincerity

of love.

May your rings always be the symbol of

your unbroken ring of love.

Love freely given, has no beginning and no

end.

Love freely given, has no giver and no

receiver.

You are each the giver, and each the

receiver.

May your rings always call to mind the

freedom and the power of this love.

Please repeat after me:

With this ring I commit my love to you for

all time.

Finn: With this ring I commit my love to

you for all time.

Jana: With this ring I commit my life to

you for all time.

Emma: Giving you all that I am and all

that I am, and all that I will be.

Finn: Giving you all that I am and all

that I will be.

Jana: Giving you all that I am and all

that I will be.

Emma: Family and friends - by the power

vested in me, by the state of Georgia; I

now formally pronounce Finn and Jana to

be married.

You may seal your vows with a kiss.

Crowd: [cheers and claps]

Crowd: [continues clapping]

Emma: Out of this tangled world these two

souls have joined together, bound with the

swift, sure, bonds of love.

Their destiny shall now be woven of one

design.

Their perils and their joys shall be

shared.

As they increase the mutual understanding

they and their joys stand victoriously

against the storm of circumstances which

beats impartially at all our doors.

From the rich encouragement of their

affection may they complete the unfinished

pattern of their true selves.

Even as they have chosen each other from

the world's multitudes, so let the days

and years deepen the joy of that choice

and keep it enduringly true.

With abiding love and support we send you

forth on your journey of life together.

Go and live it gladly.

["Valentine" by Kina Grannis plays while

crowd claps and cheers enthusiastically]

Song: It's a special day

We should celebrate and appreciate

That you and me found something pretty

neat

And I know some say this day is arbitrary

Emma: You're all invited to join us in the

ballroom for cocktails and food.

Song: But it's a good excuse

That I love to use baby I know what to do

baby I,

I will love you, I'll love you, I'll love you,

[song continues]