Mark's Vows to Amy

Amy,

When you came into my life last year, I was sure from almost the very first conversation that you would be a person with whom I would know forever. Every email or call or text that we traded was something special and I’ve never found an easier person to talk with in my whole life.

We moved (or I should say galloped) into a relationship pretty quickly and I fell in love with you just as fast. There are so many thing about you that I love and respect. Your smile. Your laugh. Your warmth and caring. Your ability to survive the tough parts of life yet come out the other side without being jaded or disheartened. Your optimism. Your devotion to the things that are important in life like family, parenting, work, and being a true partner. And of course, being a wonderful mom. I am thankful every day that Foster and Caleb have you as a mother and I get truly excited thinking about the future for all us (and perhaps more).

But my excitement for starting this journey together as a family starts and ends with our relationship with each other. We automatically love our children of course...but the bond you and I make (and have made) is the most important in our lives and I vow to keep it as long as we both shall live.


I vow to you, in witness of our parents, our children and our friends that I will first...be your partner. We’re in this together and I will always be faithfully by your side. Together we’ll make the decisions and solve the problems and share in all of the joys that life has to offer. Through tough and tougher. Through joy and laughter. I will be yours. Truly, and solely.

I vow to support you. Your decisions, your feelings, your worries and your ambitions. I respect them all as I respect you. You are an amazing woman and I’ll do everything in my power to help keep you strong, cared for, and understood. I promise to always keep talking. To keep walking. To share and listen and email and chat and do whatever I can to make our union last. Whether it’s through smoke signals or laser thought waves. I’ll be there for you.

Finally, I vow to love you. To show you love, to receive it, to grow it, weed it, to keep it vibrant and to always, always mean it. I love you for all that you’ve become and all that you’ll be. I love you Amy.