I could promise to hold you and to cherish you. I could promise to be there in sickness and in health. I could say til death do us part. But i won't. Those vows are for optimistic couples. The ones full of hope. And i do not stand here on my wedding day optimistic or full of hope. I am not optimistic. I am not hopeful. I am sure. I am steady. And I know. I am a heart man. I take them apart. I put them back together. I hold them in my hands. I am a heart man. So this, i am sure. You are my partner, my lover, my very best friend. My heart, my heart, beats for you. And on this day, this day of our wedding, i promise you this. I promise you to lay my heart in the palm of your hands. I promise you, me.