“Anya,” I said, “I promise to be faithful and supportive and to always make you, make our family's love and happiness my priority. I vow to have the patience that love demands, to speak when words are needed, and to sit in the silence when they are not. I will be yours in plenty and in want, in sickness and in health, in failure and in triumph. I will dream with you, celebrate with you, and walk beside you through whatever our lives may bring. I pledge my love, devotion, faith, and honor as I pledge my life to yours. You are my person—my love and my life, today and always.”
