michelle & ryan
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michelle & ryan 6 August 2011 I Stellenbosch
Michelle Leonard Born on 24 September 1988 to Basil & Alexandra Leanard.
. . Ryan Emile Lategan Born on 11 July 1983 to Stephen & Estelle Lategan.
I promise Today, I choose you Ryan as my best friend, my love for life. I promise you my deepest love, my fullest devotion, my most tender care, through the pressures of the present and the uncertainties of the future, I promise to be faithful to you. I promise to love you eternally, to commit to you, and support you. I pledge to respect your talents, desires and abilities, to lend you strength for all of your dreams. You have shown me what true, unconditional love feels like and for that I am eternally grateful. You are everything I need and right now, as I stand here in this moment I know all of my prayers have been answered and that all of my dreams have come true. I praise God for you Ryan: for all of your love and constant friendship. I have no doubt that our love is heaven sent and I promise to be by your side as your faithful wife forever, and always. From this day forward, I shall be forever yours, with all of my being. My heart will be your shelter and my arms will be your home. As I have given you my hand to hold, I give you my heart to keep.
From this day forward To the Love of My Life If there was anything I could do I’d do it to make you smile, to make you laugh, to make you happy. I wish that the world could see how you make me feel and today is the day I can show them how. Today I marry my best friend in the presence of family, friends and a gracious, loving and beautiful God. A Gracious God, because He has brought us together so that we may realise today. So that we may show the world that our love for each other has brought us to Him and in Him our love will flourish. Today I promise that I will be your rock and your protection in the way God intended me to be. A loving God, because he has given us this love to share with each other and together show it to future generations. Our love is strong and has overcome all obstacles put in our path thus far and I promise, here today in His presence, that my love for you will not be faltered. To have us stand here today shows us that God’s love for us is beautiful and that He will keep us strong. A beautiful God, because in His image, He has made you. You are as beautiful as the orange sunset that tickles the horizon on the breeze of a summer’s afternoon. As beautiful as the imagination that drives children’s laughter. Today I promise that my vision of the beauty in your heart and of your soul will remain unchanged until kingdom come. I promise that from this day forth there shall be no other, but you, my gold medal, my world cup, my first place on the podium; you will always win the first prize. Today I give to you my heart and soul to join with yours as we move forward as one.