Friendship Vows

I love the friendships and stories that made you who you are, and I promise to make room for them in our life. I will welcome the people who taught you how to laugh, survive, celebrate, and grow, while honoring the parts of your world that remain yours alone. I will never ask marriage to replace your community. I will learn the names, show up with care, and help protect the friendships that keep your spirit alive. You are my beloved, and I choose the whole network of love that helped you become yourself.

You are still the first person I want to tell, and I promise to keep choosing that friendship. I will bring you the ridiculous story, the hard news, the private hope, and the small victory. I will listen with curiosity instead of turning every conversation into a solution, and I will make our ordinary companionship worthy of the trust you give it. You are my husband and my favorite witness to this life. I choose to keep finding you first, in every season we share.