The Rose Gift Ceremony
Meaning - This Ceremony Enhancement allows the couple to give each other a simple gift that can be used as a reminder in the future of the love that they felt for each other on their wedding day.
Time - About 1 to 2 minutes
Supplies - 2 roses
Placement: This Ceremony Enhancement can be included after the Wedding Vows or after the Ring Ceremony.
Example of the wording for this Enhancement:
Spoken by the Officiant
After the exchanging of rings (or staying your vows), your first gift to each other, as a married couple, is a single rose. The rose is a symbol of love so it is appropriate that it is your first gift to one another.
_____ please give your rose to _____ and repeat after me:
_____, I give you this rose as a symbol of my love. It began as a tiny, tightly closed bud and blossomed into this perfect rose that opened with the warmth of the sun, just as my love for you has grown in the warmth of your soul.
_____ please give your rose to _____ and repeat after me:
_____, I give you this rose as a symbol of my love. It began as a tiny, tightly closed bud and blossomed into this perfect rose that opened with the warmth of the sun, just as my love for you has grown in the warmth of your soul.
_____ and _____, in remembrance of this day, as a reaffirmation of your love and of the vows you have spoken here today please give each other a single red rose each year on your anniversary.In the best of marriages there are difficult times. There are times of hurtful words, times of neglect, times when we must wait patiently to be together again. Those may be times when the words you really need to speak are difficult. I ask that you remember this moment and that when words fail you, that you place a single rose on your spouse's pillow as a way to say, "I remember our vows," and "I love you". Let this exchanging of roses be the beginning of a lifelong tradition of unspoken love.