Civil Wedding Vows

Have you ever heard a wedding vow that absolutely blew you away, or melted you on the spot?

what was it if you remember

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1. Yes, of course - it was ours. We used the traditional Ukrainian Catholic vows, which are totally beautiful. Sorry, can't reprint it here - my son isn't here to show me how to switch the font to Cyrillic!
2. I remember going to a friend's wedding and they met while they were in the hospital...she from cancer, he from a heart problem. Both had overcome and been released, gone on to try to live normal lives and had begun dating. A few years into their relationship she relapsed and had to go back into the hospital for treatments. When he said his vows, it was something to the effect of, "through sickness and health. Through chemo and radiation, through vomitting and horrible doctors, through long hospital stays and fun road trips to get there, through loss of hair and sexy wigs, I will be there for you until the day our Creator takes us away from each other." Everyone was crying at that point...it was just so sweet.
3. Yes, and it not only moved most of the women in the audience to tears, but many of the men as well. Unfortunately I don't remember the exact words. The bride and groom had decided to not write their own personal vows and just go with the traditional vows...BUT the groom surprised the bride by writing his own vows anyway. He had written this beautiful, romantic, moving one-page piece about how he feels about her, what she means to him, why he loves her so much and how marrying her was like his dream come true. It was so personal and WOW so moving, and even though I don't remember the exact words, I do remember...and everyone else who was there...just how touching it was. The groom choked up as he was reading what he wrote and you can totally feel his emotion and the love that he had for his bride, and of course the bride was crying too! It was such a joyous moment. I guess the point I am making is that when it comes to love, everyone has their own personal feelings. You know exactly how you feel about him/her, and he/she knows exactly how they feel about you. If you want to write your own vows, the best advice I can give is to write from your heart. Everyday we are given the chance to express our love, but especially on our wedding day it is the best time to declare it to the whole world just how you feel about each other. And personal vows written from the heart I believe is the best way to go. :) Good luck and congrats!
4. I heard one on whose wedding is it anyway. I will have to look at my vows and get back to you.
5. It wasn't the wedding vows, but I was at a ceremony where the priest asked the groom to take the bride's hands (her hands were on top of his) and he said a beautiful poem about them. Then they switched for the groom. It was something like, these are the hands that will comfort you, that will care for your children, etc. It choked everyone up.