Vows

We never said, "for better or worse," but we've been through much worse, and we've had much better. For me our worst time was the first time we argued over marriage and children. Our best was our lunch dates when I was working at the nursery school.

We never said, "for richer or poorer," but we've been poorer. Remember when you wern't working and I quit my job to go back to school? Now we are both on track to keep earning more each year than the previous year.

We never said, "in sickness and in health," so thank you for your emotional support when I got really sick last year.

We never said, "to love and to cherish," and I don't think we have to. Every little kindness we do for each other says it better than words ever could.

We never said, "till death do us part," and that's fine. I prefer the phrase 'forever' anyway.

So what I want to know is this: Why won't you say these words to me?