As you know by now Mike and I really wanted our guests to have fun at the wedding, even during the ceremony! We both wrote our own vows and included things in the ceremony that were "serious" and funny. We actually had laughter during the ceremony because of things that we included in it. We had references to the things we like (Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Team America) as well as things that were "appropriate" for Halloween (zombies). So without further ado here is the pre-ceremony reading! Enjoy! Before beginning I must note that the pre-ceremony reading I found online and borrowed it from the author. She gave permission on that site so that's why I did it. I'll post the other's later, I just didn't want to make it so long !
Pre-Cermony reading
Dearly loved friends and relations, I have the honor of welcoming you all to this ceremony, in which we will wed Michael & Sharon to each other.
They asked me to say a few words to set the proper mood and tone for their wedding.
I thought for quite some time about what I would say, discarding metaphors and quotes of love, before finally settling on a topic near to their hearts - Today I'm going to say a few words about zombies.
Zombies. The shambling ghouls of black and white Saturday matinees and the quick, ravenous monsters of modern horror are all suffering from the same disease - disconnection - from the world around them and from each other.
And aren't we all there sometimes?
Don't we shuffle to work, monosyllabic, until we get our caffeine, and then go through the motions of work and house as if completely unaware of other people? Don't we set our sights on one desire after another, rushing from experience to experience without actually stopping to enjoy any of it?
Haven't you found yourself staring into space, wishing for just a little more brains?
Michael & Sharon were there too and they've decided to take the only vaccine that works - they've decided to get married. By which I mean they've decided to get connected - unashamedly, unhesitatingly connected - to each other.
In this they refuse to become numb themselves, they promise to give each other attention, consideration, and kindness - emotions zombies most certainly do not share. They refuse to feed on the heart and mind of the other, agreeing instead to grow those things together and share them equally. And they vow not to allow the other to become a zombie when they aren't looking - slipping into apathy, these things with the shotguns of their love strapped strongly to their backs and the truncheons of their humor held firmly in their hands.
Together, they will defend their humanity and their home with all the wit, grace, and power of any spunky heroine or over-sized hero.
Together they are an example of what is possible when two people set their sights on the same star. They cut through our 21st century cynicism and prove that, in fact, zombificiation is not inevitable - that friendship, love and desire, when held with both hands, are the only weapons any of us need to stay human.
With the zombies held at bay by their mutual promises, Michael & Sharon are ready to face the other monsters of life - defending against the Frankenstein coworkers, the Soul Vampires of false friends, and the Mummy of age itself.
The adventure they are about to embark on has all the magic of any Hollywood movie and all the terror of true Lovecraftian horror - dread Cthulhu has nothing on balancing family Christmases.
But the truest fact is that as long as they stick together, connected to each other, the zombies of life, real and imagined, apathetic and disastrous, cannot harm them.
That said, let's get married, shall we?
- Written by L.E.H. Light, 2008
Originally a blog about my wedding planning, that was 5 years ago. I recently became inspired to start blogging again. I'll see where my adventure takes me.
