Expressing Your Love – vol. 23
Choosing the perfect wedding ceremony reading can feel overwhelming—there are countless beautiful options, each with its own tone, style, and sentiment. But if you’re searching for something authentic, heartfelt, and deeply reflective of the journey you’ve already taken as a couple, “Union” by Robert Fulghum is a timeless favorite.
“Union” Celebrates the Everyday Moments That Truly Define a Relationship
So much of real love happens in the in-between moments—not just during grand gestures or milestone events. Fulghum’s “Union” honors all the small conversations, shared dreams, and unspoken promises that slowly build the foundation of a life together.
Couples choose this reading because it feels real. It reminds everyone present that a marriage isn’t created on the wedding day—it’s the result of countless everyday choices that led to this moment of commitment.
It Acknowledges How Love Transforms and Shapes Us
One of the most powerful lines in “Union” highlights how partners become many things to each other: friends, companions, teachers, confidantes. It reflects the evolving, multifaceted nature of a long-term relationship.
This resonates deeply with couples who feel that loving one another has transformed them in meaningful ways. The reading beautifully expresses the growth they’ve shared and the growth they’ll continue to experience as they step into marriage.
It Connects the Ceremony to the Larger Story of Your Relationship
While your wedding ceremony is a single, special moment, your relationship is an ongoing story. Fulghum’s reading ties those two things together, showing that the vows spoken before family and friends are simply the formal expression of a lifetime of quiet promises already made.
For couples who want their ceremony to feel personal and grounded in their unique love story, “Union” offers the perfect blend of intimacy, reflection, and sincerity.
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, you have been making promises and agreements in an informal way. All those conversations that were held riding in a car or over a meal or during long walks – all those sentences 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 in these last several years. Now you shall say a few words that take you across a threshold of life, and things will never quite be the same between you. For after these vows, you shall say to the world, “this- is my husband, this- is my wife”.
