And we are all better people for having you in our lives Carrie. John and Marlena then light the center candle of the bouquets to symbolize the unifying power of their love, joining their family together. Love is patient, love is kind, it does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud, it is not rude, it is not self seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love is not delight in evil, but rejoices with truth. It always protects, it always trusts, it always hopes, it always perseveres.
Love never fails.
Next is the vows. It signifies to me the end of bad times, the beginning of the good times. Rise up my love, my fair one, and come away, for lo the winter has past, the rains are over and gone, the flowers are appearing on earth, and the time for signing birds has come. My beloved is mine, and I am his until dawn breaks and the shadows fade. Turn my beloved and be thou ever mine.