John
and Marlena's vows--2006
in Italy
Carrie
and Austin's vows
(Justice of the Peace wedding 2006)
("Marriage" aka "The Journey" by Maura
Penders, Days Associate Head Writer)
Jennifer: Now we will feel no rain
For each of us will be shelter to each other.
And now we will feel no cold
For each of us will be warmth to each other.
Now there is no loneliness
We are two bodies, but there is one life before us and one home.
When evening falls, I'll look to you and there you'll be.
And I'll take your hand and you'll take mine
And we'll turn together and we'll look to the road we travelled to
reach this--The hour of our happiness.
It stretched far behind us, and our future lies ahead--
A long and winding road where every turning means discovery
All the hopes, new laughter, shared tears,
The adventure has just begun.
Jack: (His letter to Jennifer that he
read.)
Dear Jennifer,
In the past few days I've been something that I've rarely been at any
other time in my life - silent. But you're at least partly to blame.
From the day we met, you've surprised me, challenged me, and engaged
me in a way that no other human being ever has. And I've never been
able to tell you what that meant to me. But today, of all days, I
have to find a way. Before I knew you, I wasn't living. I was
waiting. And hoping. Because even though I've lived my life in a cold
and souless city - I've always known that somewhere in the heart of
it there is a wall and then there is a door. And if you're lucky
enough to get inside, you'll be about as close as any of us are going
to get to the Garden Of Eden. I know this is gonna sound ridiculous,
but I feel that's pretty much where I'm standing right now, sans
snake and the apple tree, of course.
My love always,
Jack
(written by Jack at The Meadows)
If there are regrets,
let them be for things unimagined, unattained
songs unsung, passions sadly tainted.
To these regrets add one,
love reserved, restrained.
People who are treasured,
as I treasure you,
can be separated by distance and time.
Yet upon reuniting resume,
as they had never been apart.
Because in out hearts,
we have always been together.
I feel I should say those words again and again because that's what you are to me, dear. You and Abby are the best things that ever happened to me. You're perfect -both of you- wonderful, sweet and kind and you have substance. You have character, Jennifer and that's something I could never say about myself. Because you see, I've let you down again only this time the betrayal goes deeper, this time I've done something that even you can never forgive. I wish there was a way to apologize for this. I wish there was a gentle way to put it. But there isn't there's just the truth and the truth is Abby became ill because of me. I'm responsible for tract 5. I'll spare you the gory details but it goes back to the battle days with Harper he owned a company; he let me run it. I didn't know what I was signing but more importantly I didn't care what I was signing but I'm the one who authorized the dumping. Victor was trying to clean up the place, get rid of the toxic waste but that spectator so badly but I went after him but messed it all up. I tried to bring him down when he was doing something good. Typical, right? Jack Deveraux strikes again, but no more, no more. I want you to be happy Jennifer, with somebody who can give you the life you deserve: love, security, happiness, and I'm not that somebody. That's why I'm leaving you Jennifer. By the time you read this I will already be gone. Jennifer, I know you're in shock right now, but when it wears off you'll be upset and angry and that's okay, you have a right. But I know you, I know how forgiving you are, so if you get some crazy idea into your head about giving me another chance or coming after me do me a favor, don't. After all the let downs and heart breaks I've given you I want to do this one last thing right. I want to set you free, Jennifer - you and Abby. I love you both so much, but I know I could never give you what you need and deserve. So please Jennifer, do this one last favor for me. Let it end, let time heal the wounds, let life take you where it will and when the time comes let go of the pain let yourself live again, be happy again and you will, you know, once you let go of me.
Love,
Jack
Bo: I think God for bringing you into my
life....for making this day possible. I believe that he is here with
us today....And that he gives us his blessing. The Mayans have a
tradition of gift giving (shows her a necklace with a north star
pendant) You remember this? I tried giving it to you a couple times.
The first time just wasn't right, and the second time you refused
it.....and you were right to refuse it because this shouldn't be a
symbol of bad times or when things aren't going right for us. This
should remind us of how good we are together...How right it is beween
us. I think you should know, how I was feeling when I bought
this....what I was thinking. I'm a sailor. I'm superstitous, and I
believe in signs and omens, but I also trust in the stars. I know
that no matter how rough the waters are, or how bad the storm....that
sooner or later the skies are going to clear, and I will be able to
see the north star....and she will guide me home(pause)And that's
what you are to me. You guide me home.....You ground me.....You are
my home.
(puts necklace on her)
Carly: (laughs and wipes away tears) I thought I wasn't going to cry.
Bo: (Smiles) Well, I think that's part of the tradition....for the bride to cry.
Carly: I don't think I've ever been the traditional type. You can't be when you grew up the way I did. Marriage wasn't....romantic. It was a duty. It was business. And even then, when I was a little girl, I always knew it wasn't meant to be. So I started dreaming about the man I'd marry. Someone who would love me for myself, and not my name. Someone who would respect ME, and treat me as and equal. And I knew my parents wouldn't introduce me to a man like that, so I asked God to....And low and behold, twenty years later, he did. From the minute I saw you, I knew you were the man for me. I knew you were the answer to my prayer...which now brings me to my gift to you. It's a kind of prayer and it's exquisite....The Mayans loved jade, and they used it for religious carvings and jewelry.....(sighs and laughs)....I'm so nervous.
I know not if the voice of man can reach to the
sky
I know not if the gods will hear as I pray
I know not if the gifts I asked for will be granted
I know not what will come to pass in our future days
I hope that only good will come, my love, to you.
(puts a light green ring on Bo's finger)
I know now that the voice of man can reach to
the sky
I know now that the gods have heard as I prayed
I know now that the gifts I asked for have all been granted
I know now that the word of old we truly have heard
I know now that our future days will have no number
I know that only good will come, my love, to us.
Bo: Carly, I just wanted you to know you've done so much for me. When I first met you, I thought I would just have the pain and loss, and that was inevitable. That was my fate, but you changed that. You made me see that things could be different. And it's because of you that we are here....on top of the world. I love you, Princess. I love that smile...that face....the way you laugh. I love the way your mind works....the things you think about. Your voice.....It comforts and soothes me. I love you....and I would be honored to be your husband.
You know, I don't have too many regrets about my life, but I wish it hadn't taken so long for me to meet you....But, I'm also very grateful. I am grateful that every person that has played a part in your life...everything that has happened to make you the person you are....Wonderful....strong...kind and good. AND most of all, mine....You know, I told you once what my definition of heaven was.....a place where everywhere that wasn't music is silence. WELL, that's what you've given me. The joy of music and the peace of silence. You've given me...."heaven on earth" and the only thing that could possibly make it better.....would be being your wife.
Bo: Well, hold on Carly because life is
going to get a whole lot happier!
I Bo, take you Carly, to be my wife.
My love, and the mother of our children.
I will be yours in good times, and in bad.
In sickness and in health.
In failure, and in triumph.
I will cherish you, and respect you....comfort
you...and....
Carly: (laughs) Encourage!?!
Bo: (laughs) And encourage you, from
today, and for the rest of our lives.
I Carly, take you Bo, to be my husband.
My love, and the father of our children.
I will be yours in good times, and in bad.
In sickness and in health.
In failure, and in triumph.
I will cherish you, and respect you...comfort you and encourage you,
from
today and for the rest of our lives.
(original author--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
"The True Season of Love" (Spoken in their first wedding)
That is the true season of love
When we believe that we alone can love
When no one has ever loved so before us
And no one will ever love in the same way after us
Marlena: I love you. I got you back. You have no idea what that means to me, Roman...I believe that to have someone come into your life who you love as fully and completelly as I love you...well, that's rare...and special...and something to be cherished. And, oh, how I cherished what we had. When you were gone I held onto that feeling we had and even though the pain from missing you was unbearable, I felt lucky for having had what we did. Some people never find it. But, us...well, we got a chance to have it twice in a lifetime. And knowing what it's like to be without you, for a day, for a month--actually, for seventeen months, three weeks, and two days, because that's how long I hurt, and my heart ached to be with you--but all of that just makes this time, what happens from this moment on; all the more special. We're more than lucky. We're more than blessed. We've been twice blessed. I love you. I love you.
Roman: Doc...circumstances have kinda dealt us a funny hand and there are things from my life, which includes our life... I don't remember. But I remember the first time I saw you--after I came back again. You were in the hospital, working. I had no idea of one thing about my past, but there was still a connection...My heart stopped. You can take a human being and do a lot of things to him, but you cannot take away his love. I love you. It is that simple. A lot of the people here might have thought that all that time you were in the hospital, lying in that bed, that I might have thought I was going to lose you--or that I'd already lost you. I didn't. I couldn't lose you. You're my life. Sweetheart, you're my reason to get up in the moring, for laying down at night. But you know wha t I would do? Every day, I would talk to you. I would watch your children grow, looking for some evidence of you in them. And I would cry, for what we were miss ing...We were meant for each other, Marlena. I'm just so happy that we found each other. I love you.
Reverend: And now...since you have signified your love by the exchange of vows and the exchange of rings, I pronounce you husband and wife. These were two. Now are one. Roman, you may kiss your bride.
Roman: With pleasure.
My Beloved Roman:
I don't have much time. Orpheus will be here soon. He said he intends
to separate us forever. There's a finality in his tone that I haven't
heard before. You know what's in my heart. But on the chance that
this letter will reach you, there are some things I'll just feel
better knowing I've said. Roman, you are, right now in almost the
exact position Orpheus was in seven years ago. Please don't do what
he did. Don't become consumed with revenge. Please don't give Orpheus
that victory. Please don't mourn my death too long. Fill you life and
the children's lives with love, and with laughter. It would not honor
me to see you stuck in the past. It would delight me no end to see
you get over this hurdle and get on with your life. And always,
always to hear you laugh. (A goodbye scene finishes the letter. They
both say goodbye to each other.)
Of course I feel that my time has come too soon. But God works in mysterious ways. I leave with few regrets. One is that my children will never know their father. Another one is leaving you, Doc. I know that our life together has been complicated. You've been in love with other men; I've been in love with other women. But the love we shared was something special, Doc. There never was and never could be anyone to fill the special place that you hold in my heart. I love you. I know now I always have, and I always will.
I Bo take you Billie to be my wife to have and to hold Forever. They say that love is the light that lights the world and that kindness paves the road to happiness. You and i have traveled kind of a long and winding road you know, (they both say yeah). On a snowy mountain side we pledged our love and our faith and our fidelity to each other. We felt God's presence that night just like we feel God's presence tonight in this rebuilt church. I promise to love and to honor and to cherish you all the rest of the Days of our lives.
I Billie take you Bo to be my husband to have and to hold Forever. The road that we traveled has had some darkeness and some despair but our faith and our love and our faith that we were meant to be together lighted our way. I will not only be a wife to you but I will be your friend and i will be your soul mate. I'll share your sadness and your sorrows as well as you happiness. I promise to love, honor, and cherish you for all the Days of our lives.
Bo,
You were not only my lover, you were my best friend in the whole
world. And still, to this day my heart belongs to you. For so long,
I've tried to deny my love, to hide it, but it's too strong. No
matter how hard I try, I couldn't stop loving you, needing you. I
know that you love Hope, she's the first in your heart and always
will be. That's why I'm writing this to you now. Because it seems
wrong some how to love someone so much and not let them know. Love is
powerful, so I'm hoping even though you don't return my love, someday
my love for you will touch your life for the better, if only from
afar. Like a ray of sunlight shining down to make a flower grow. Life
will never be the way I hoped and dreamed it would be, but I pray it
will be that way for you and Hope. Filled with laughter and joy and
much love for each other. And sometimes, a kind thought for someone
who knows and loves you both so much.
All my love,
Billie
by Tom Horton
In the morning of our lives
we view the world with hopeful eyes
to be a prince, to be a king
some to wish for such a dream.
At noon, we learn to trust and love
of all the treasures from above
faith, hope, and charity
combined with friends and family.
In the twilight of our lives
we welcome night with smiling eyes
we know that when the night is done
our love returns with the morning sun.
by Norm De Plume (Tom's alias when he became a poet.)
You can go years without realizing other
people
know things about you, you don't.
You could walk down the street and pass yourself,
without knowing who it was you passed.
It's hard enough to catch up with yourself and
then it doesn't do you any good because you
don't know who it is, you've caught up with.
The only one who really knows is the girl.
The girl you first danced with.
Keep dancing with me, keep dancing with me girl.
Don't stop. Please don't stop.
If you do,I can't stand, I fall down, I tip over.
True love is the gift which God has given,
To man alone beneath the heavens,
The silver link, the silver tie,
Which heart to heart and mind to mind,
In body and in soul can bind.
(Special Meaning: It came from the book of poetry that was Shawn's. It was the one he gave Hope on her 18th birthday that Shawn always read to Caroline on their anniversary.)
Bo: Hope, I know it's taken us a long time to get here. We even thought at times that we wouldn't. I know I had my doubts. I never thought I could have someone in my life that could make me so happy or make me feel so alive. You know how hard it is for me to tell people how I feel about them, especially people I care about. But today in front of all these people, I have no problem telling you that I love you. I know our lives aren't going to be sunshine and roses from here on in, but I'm going to try my hardest to keep our love alive. We've got something very special here. It's worth fighting for. I love you Hope.
Hope: Oh, Bo, I fell in love with you the first time I saw you but it's taken all that time to realize that what I felt then is nothing compared to what I feel now. Remember what we said to each other in New Orleans- "True love is the gift which God hath given to man alone beneath the heavens. The silver link, the silver tie, in heart to heart, and mind to mind, in body and in soul can bind '. I was pretty young when i met you and I'd get so mad when you'd call me "Little One". But knowing you and loving you has made me a woman and I am your woman Bo. Standing her in front of all these people, I give you my life and all my love through all eternity. Oh, Bo I love you and I'm so proud to be your wife.
Dear Bo:
I'm writing this letter to you on the morning of our wedding. I'm going to put it away in a special place, and one day, years from now, I'll show it to you. Gran gave me the idea. She wrote a letter to grandpa on their wedding day. She wrote all of her feelings, her hopes, and dreams, so that one day they could look back and remember how their life together began. I want us to do that too. As I write, I'm looking into the future, to that day when you finally read this. What will we be like? How will we feel when that day finally arrives? I'll be leaving for the church in a little while. I'll take your hand and pledge my love to you for all eternity. I'm so excited, so happy. And yes, a little frightened. But mostly I'm filled with this incredible emotion that wells up inside me. It overflows and reaches every part of me, giving me such joy, such happiness. It's such a wonderful emotion...I'm not sure what to call it. A little word like love doesn't seem big enough to describe it. But I guess there is no other word. So in the end I'm right back where I started...with no word to truly express the depth of my love, the joy of my emotion, the certainty of my commitment. I just want you to know that on this day, and every day thereafter, I will thank God for you. And I will love you from the bottom of my heart, from the depths of my soul, forever.
Love,
Hope
I'm standing here and I still can't believe that I deserve you. I wouldn't be the man I am right now if it wasn't for you. I thought I was brave, but I found out that it takes more courage to open up to another person. I thought I was strong, but you showed me that it takes more strength to let people see your feelings. And I thought I knew how to love, but now I know that it's much harder to let someone love me. That someone is you. You saw into my heart when no one else could and you believed in me. So I'm gonna' spend the rest of my life livin' up to the faith you have in me. I don't have much baby, but what I have is your's. I'm your's. I love you sweetness.
When I was a little girl, I dreamed of loving a man who was brave and strong and true; and a romantic wedding on the water surrounded by the people I love most. I never told that secret dream to anyone, but some how you found out. You gave me that dream. You made it come true. There's just one thing that's different; it's far more wonderful than I ever imagined. I dreamed of being in love, I never dreamed of sharing my soul. I dreamed of sharing my thoughts, but I never dreamed that someone could hear me without words. In my darkest trouble, in my coldest silence; I looked for you and you were there. I am yours forever. I love you.
Bo read a reading from the Bible, 1 Corinthians 13: 4-7. The reading is as follows:
Love is patient and kind.
Love isn't jealous or boastful.
Love isn't arrogant or rude.
Love doesn't insist on its own way.
Love isn't irritable or resentful.
Love doesn't rejoice at wrong; but in the right.
Love bears all things, believes all things,
hopes all things, endures all things.
--1 Corinthians 13: 4-7
"It Is the Hour" by Lord Byron
Justin recited this to Adrienne at the Temple of Poseiden in Greece in 1987
It is the hour
when from the bows
the nightengales high note is heard.
It is the hour
when a lover's vows
seems sweet in every whispered word.
gentle winds, waters clears
makes music to the lonely ear
each flowers dew is slightly wet
and in the sky the stars are meant
and on the sea a deeper blue
and on the leaf a browner hew
and on the heavens are clear miscure
so softly dark and darkly pure
which follows the decline of the day
as twilight melts beneath the moon away
I love you. Not just for who you are,
but for who I am when I'm with you. I love you.
Not for what you've done with your life...
...but for what you're doing to mine.
I love you for making me good...and happy. And whole.
Because that is what you do, Carrie.
Without a word. Without a gesture. Without a doubt.
Just by being yourself. Such a simple thing...
but no one else in the world could do it.
Only you.
Austin:
I Austin take you Samantha to be my wife. I promise to love, cherish
and honor you, in sickness and in health, in good times and in bad. I
will love you all the days my life.
Sami:
I Samatha take you Austin to be my lawfully wedded husband. To have
and to hold from this day foward, In good times and in bad, in
sickness and in health, to love honor and cherish all the days of my
life.
Austin:
With this ring I pledge my love.
a sonnet by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
How do I love thee?
Let me count the ways
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach
when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace
I love thee to the level of everydays
Most quiet need
by sun and candle-light
I love thee freely
as men strive for right
I love thee purely
as they turn from praise
I love thee with a passion put to use
in my old griefs
and with my childhoods faith
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
with my lost saints
I love thee with the breadth
smiles, tears, of all my life
and if god choose
I shall but love thee better after death
Bo and Billie's Symbolic Wedding Vows
BO: Billie I'm here tonight to pledge to you that the time for tears is over. Now is the time for happiness and joy. I take you as my wife, my lover, my friend, my companion and my soulmate. All I have to offer is me, my life and all that I ever will become. Now Billie Reed do you take me as your husband, to have and to hold and to never let go?
BILLIE: I will. I know we don't have a certificate to document this, but every word you said it etched in my heart. I love you Bo Brady. I love you more than I've loved anyone in my whole life and more than I'll love anyone ever. And I will be your wife, and I will love you and comfort you and I'll always be true to you. With the stars as my witness, our hearts will be joined together forever and we'll never be separated again.
This was spoken by Kim to Shane on 2/1/89 and by Shane to Kim on 10/4/89
What lips my lips have kissed.
And where and why I have forgotten
And what arms have layed
under my bed 'till morning.
But the rain is full of ghost's tonight.
The tap and sigh upon the glass,
and listen for reply.
And in my heart their stirs a quiet pain,
for unrembered lads that not again,
will turn to me at midnight with a cry.
Thus in winter stands the lonely tree,
one by one.
Nor knows what birds have vanished,
yet knows it's bows more silent then
before and cannot say what loves,
have come and gone.
I only know that someone sang in me
a little while that sings in me
no more.
(Faith gave this poem to Scott and recited it, but it's actually a song)
Guess I was born to love you.
Guess I was born to lose you.
Guess I was born to let you go.
I liked you then I love you now,
with all that's past I don't see how.
There's empty streets,
there's no light's on.
I've seen the darkness,
where's the dawn?
Guess I was born to love you.
Guess I was born to lose you.
Guess I was born to let you go.
Hope is the thing with feathers,
that perches in the soul and sings
the tune without the words and never
stops at all. And sweetest in the gales
is heard and sore must be the storm,
that could of bashed the little bird
that kept so many warm.
I've heard it in the chillest land and
on the strangest sea, yet never in
extremity. It asked a crumb of me.
Justin: I'm not standing here saying that there aren't problems. I'm standing here saying that I love you. And what you did is what we have to do for the rest of our lives. We have to believe in each other and we have to trust. I know just before a lot of people in the church thought that maybe you werent going to show up but I knew you would. I knew you'd be here and when it's my turn I want you to know I'm always going to be here I'm always going to show up.and I just wanted you to know that. In this sacred place I want you to know that.
Adrienne: Justin, I came here today because I trust you. And youre th one you taught me how to trust. You showed me that you can give your self to some one totally. Every feeling, every though. And it's okay. I trust you with my life Justin. I trust that you'll always be here for me and that you'll always loveme. As I do You.
Justin: I love you
John and Isabella's wedding vows
(May 1992)
John: I just want to say in front of my friends and my family, just how much you mean to me and how lucky I am to be getting uou for a wife. Lady I have put you through so much. And half the time you didn't even know you I was. But you loved me anyway. No matter what happened, no matter who I turned out to be you loved me. And here we are. We're getting married and expecting our first child and that makes me the happiest person on the face on the earth. I love you.
Minister: Is there anything you want to say too, Isabella
Isabella: Oh theres a lot I want to say to You. But it's going to have to wait though. Because I don't think this baby is going to wait much longer. I love you. More than ever. And I cant wait to start our new life together just the three of us.
"When You're Old and Gray" by
WIlliam Yeats
(recited by Lawrence to Carly during "One Stormy Night")
When You're old and gray
Full of sleep and nodding by the fire
Take down this book
And slowly read
And dream of the soft look your eyes had once
And of their shadows deep
How many loved your moments of glad grace
And loved your beauty with false but true
But one man
loved the pilgrim soul in you
And loved the signs of your changing face
And bending down beside the glowing bars
Murmur a little sadly
"How love fled
And paced above the mountains overhead
And his face amingst a cloud of stars"
(He recited to her on October 26, 1995)
My heart aches and a numbness dulls my
mind,
Jennifer my love is gone and I am left alone,
With an emptiness, a void which love once filled to overflowing,
My Jennifer, My love, My life.
Bo
and Carly's Wedding Vows
(1992 Failed
Wedding)
Bo: The way I feel about you could fill volumes. But instead I've picked a few choice phrases. The first is gifts from heaven. For which I am forever grateful. The second is love of my life. Sometimes I have a hard time believing you are in my life. Right now when I look at you. That face. That glow around you and than smile. ANd you're looking at me and you love me. And you are finally marrying me. I promise to do everything in my power to make sure you are happy, I will always treat you with respect. As a partner. And as a friend.
Carly: I am feeling so fulfilled right now. When you said what you just said about me, I thought: "Can I love you anymore completely than I do right now?" Well, I'm going to have the rest of my life to find that out. You're my great love Bo, you've given me hope. When I first met you I was so lost......(is interrupted my Lawrence who runs in and starts yelling at Victor )
Steve and Kayla's symbolic wedding vows
(February 3, 1988 in the mountains)
Steve: "So..."
Kayla: "So.."
{They are both crying}
Steve: "Baby...I'm not really very good with words, all I know is I love you. And we were meant to be together, forever. What do they say? Til death do us part. But you know what, I don't think even that's going to keep us apart..."
Kayla: "I feel the same way Steve. I feel like we've known each other- since before we were born...I think we were always supposed to be together. I know I'll love you that long. And in this life, and in the next and in the next, there will always be a part of you with me, and I will always be with you."
(Steve takes out the engagement ring he had bought for her months before and takes it off his chain, slipping it on her trembling finger).
Steve: "With this ring, Steven Earl Johnson, and Kayla Caroline Brady become one. Right now and forever."
Kayla: "Now and forever, I love you".
Steve: "Baby, I love you"
(Eric found the letter in the Titan photo lab and read it out loud October 19, 1998)
Dear Eric,
I hope you will take the time to read these words. It would have been futile to try and say them to you because right now you don't want to look at me, so it will be easier on the both of us, so here it goes. You're so wonderful and caring. I know that I've upset you, but I know we can get past this. We began something very special and I don't want to lose it. Please forgive me for lying to you, I can't believe I am going to lose you because of one stupid lie. Can't you find it in your heart to forgive me and forget? I pray you can because I love you and this isn't just a passing feeling. I think I could love you forever and I hope that maybe you love me too. Anyway that's the truth, so now I guess the next move is yours. I'll be waiting to hear from you.
All My Love,
Nicole
(on their first anniversary)
Dear Jennifer,
Oh, my darling Jennifer on our first wedding anniversary. I know things aren't great between us right now. You are angry and hurt you have every right to be, that's why I am leaving Salem tonight. But, I want you to have this to prove my love for you and when you wear it, I hope you'll think of me. I know one day you will forgive me and give me another chance. I can't exist without you Jennifer, you are my world, my life and I love you so very much.
Peter
A Poem That Hope Used To Quote...
(Bo and Swamp Girl recited it on August 17, 1998, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow )
Look not mournfully into the past,
It comes not back again,
Wisely improve the present it is thine,
Go forth to meet thy shadowy future,
Without fear and with a manly heart.
Robert Burns, a Scott ,in mid-late 1700's
A Red. Red Rose
O, my love's like a red, red rose,
that's newly sprung in June;
O, my love's like the melodie
that's sweetly played in tune.
As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
So deep in love am I:
And I will love thee still my dear,
Till a' the seas gang dry.
Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear,
and the rocks melt wi' the sun;
I will love thee still, my dear,
while the sands o' life shall run.
And fare thee weel, my only love,
And fare thee weel awhile!
And I will come again my love,
Tho' it were ten thousand mile.
Vivian and Victor's Wedding Vows
Vivian: I take this man to be my lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold, to love and to cherish, in sickness and health, in prosperity and adversity, forsaking all others, so long as we both shall live.
Victor: I take this woman to be my lawfully wedded wife... <other scene>...for as long as we both shall live. With this ring I thee wed.
Tony and Kristen's Wedding Vows
Tony: When I married you, I vowed to honor, cherish and love you for the rest of my life. I know there've been moments where I have let you down and disappointed you, but I vow, tonight, before you, before God that with all my heart I will try never ever to disappoint you again. But know this: Where I have waved in moments of weakness in the past, I have never ever waved in the strength of my love for you, and I never shall.
Kristen: I, Kristen, I pledge to you my love and my life. Tony, I want a marriage with no secrets. I want a union, I want a union that is based on, on honesty, and a trust in each other, for that's why we're here tonight. I make that pledge before God. Can you do the same, can you make that pledge?
<<Tony remembers switching Kristen birth control pills with placebos>>
Priest John: Tony?
Tony: Of course, I love you.
Kristen: I love you too.
Isabella first said this when she put her angel on the tree in 1991, reciting it to John. She said it again in 1995 when she visited Brady as an angel.
Angel of God
My guardian dear
For whom God's love commits me here
Ever this day be at my side
To light and guard, rule and guide
Kate and Victor's Wedding Vows
Victor: Come live with me and be my love, and we will all the pleasures prove that hills and valleys, dales and fields, woods or steepy mountains yield.
Kate: For yesterday is only a dream, and tomorrow is but a vision, but today well-lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope.
John
and Marlena's Wedding Vows
(their 2002 Las Vegas
wedding)
JOHN: I'm the luckiest man in the world because you're standing here next to me, Doc. You're still here, even after I broke your heart. I'd give anything to undo what happened, but I can't. All I can do is promise to fill today and all our tomorrows with so much love that yesterday's pain will fade away. I pledge my devotion and my very life to repairing and restoring our marriage and our family. God is my witness, Doc, I'll never let you down or cause you a moment of pain ever again.
MARLENA: John. We've always found our way back to each other. And then, this last year, for the first time, I wasn't sure we'd make it. But the vows we exchanged carried me through. When my faith wavered, I was reminded of my promise to love you "for better or worse." Now, the worse has come and gone… and I still love you. Even more. And I always will. Always, John, I'll never give up on us.
Philip Kiriakis presented this poem to Chloe Lane as a Christmas gift from his heart. (Episode 8961-aired 01/02/01)
Tell me what you're thinking
Tell me what you feel
Tell me what you're thinking
it must be very real
The thoughts are deep inside you
they're locked up in there tight
They'd really do much better
if you brought them out to light
Tell me what your thinking
don't wait until you're old and gray
Why wait till tomorrow
when I care enough today
Brady Black & Chloe Lane Wedding Vows
Brady: Chloe... there have been times when I thought I couldn't possibly deserve a woman as fine as you for a wife. I wished for the trials of a knight so I could slay a dragon to win you or fight an army alone to prove my love to you. There are no dragons. And men don't fight armies alone, except in a play by Shakespeare. Even so, I hope that I have proved my deepest love and complete commitment to you. I am so grateful to be joining my life to yours, and I thank god every single day for bringing you to me. And above all, I thank you for having me.
Chloe: Brady... I met you when I was only a teenager. You were my friend, Belle's older, mysterious, gorgeous brother. And in my opinion, you didn't know half as much as you thought you did... I thought I knew everything about love. Early in my life, it's what I knew I didn't have. But you took my hand and taught me not to be afraid. You kissed me and showed me what tenderness could be. Your love became a part of me, Brady, and my love became a part of you. And I promise to spend the rest of my years cherishing our love and giving thanks every day for the gift that is you.
Jennifer's
letter to Frankie
(written in 1987 or 88, but read
for the first time in 2005)
TO: Frankie Brady
256 W. 112th Street
Apt. B
New York, NY 10025
FROM: Jennifer Horton
25 River Street
Salem, USA 06694
Dear Frankie,
This is so hard for me to write because I can't see your face as you read it. I don't know how you're reacting, what you're going to think of what I'm saying. I wish you were here or I could come to New York to do this face to face, but I can't wait for that. This has to be said now. All I can say is I hope it isn't too late.
I love you, Frankie. I really, really do. Maybe part of me always knew that, but being apart, well, first of all it made me miss you. I missed you so much, but I thought it would pass. It hasn't. I thought what we had was just what they call "puppy love." The longer we've been apart, though, the more I realize that isn't the truth. What we have is really, really real. I feel like we could spend the rest of our lives together, and we would only grow closer and be more in love. I just hope you feel the same way.
I don't know what the next step is. I just know that if this is going to work out, if our relationship is going to move forward, we should be together. The thought of leaving Salem scares me to death; I haven't spent my whole life here, but it is home now. I feel so safe, in a way I never did before I came back here, and so connected. I feel like as long as I stay here, I'll never have to feel as lost or as uncertain as I once did. But I know your place now, your future, is in New York. I could never ask you to give up what you have there. It must be so exciting! I guess what I'm saying is, if you'll have me, I will join you there. Maybe not right away, but as soon as possible. I do have to get my life together here in Salem before I could even think about leaving and starting a future in New York. There are so many things, both small and large, that take up so much time and they'd have to be done before I could move.
I can't even believe I'm talking like this. I'm assuming you would want me to join you. You very well may not. That's my greatest fear in writing this. You're in the big city; I'm sure you've met lots of new people. Chances are, you've moved on and don't want me anymore. You may hardly even remember me. If that is the case, that's okay. I'll understand. I just couldn't go forward without at least trying, and letting you know how I felt.
All my best. Whatever else happens, I will always love you.
XO
Jennifer
Jack's Goodbye
Letter
(written to Jennifer, to be read by her upon his
death, 2006)
My Dearest Jennifer Rose:
If you're reading this then you know I've filed my last story … met my last deadline. Sorry. You know I could never pass up a good pun. I always wanted to be a great journalist. To leave my mark on the world like Woodward and Bernstein or Bill Moyers or Edward R. Murrow. But I was never in their league. Anyway, I made peace with that. Because I realized there are other ways to leave a lasting impact on the world. And mine is through the love you and I shared. Through the beautiful family we created. Before I met you … I was spiritually lost. I was selfish, angry, mean … empty. But your love transformed me, Jennifer. And that's the message I want to leave behind. The power of the unending love I feel for you and our children. They're my legacy. Our legacy. I hate that I have to leave you. But I'm not afraid of dying. Because I know my love, my wisdom &endash; ha ha &endash; not to mention my sense of humor and my Deveraux burgers … will live on through you and Abigail and Jack, Jr., and one day through their children, and theirs. You weren't just the love of my life, Jennifer, you were my life. You made me a better man. A better journalist. A better husband and father. And you and our children will live on in my spirit, as I will live on in yours … forever … until the day we're reunited. Frankie, I'm putting this in writing so it's official. You're the best friend anyone could ever ask for. Me or Jennifer. I know how much you love her … and that's one of the reasons I've been able to make peace with my mortality … because I know Jennifer won't be alone. That she'll have someone who loves her, and who she loves. Someone who'll be a good and understanding husband to her and a loving, supportive stepfather to Abigail and Jack, Jr. It's been an amazing journey for us. But now we've come to a fork in the road. This is where I leave you behind -- for now. But always know I wish you every happiness.
All My Love,
Jack ;-)
John and
Marlena's Wedding Vows
(1999 wedding)
Marlena: A family is a garden of flowers and each child is unique, beautiful, cherished in their own way.
John: And we would like to symbolically build a bouquet of our family and in doing so we would like to recommit ourselves to each other.
Marlena: Belle is our daisy. She's our sunshine, and she lights us up with her smile.
John: She brightens our day with her joyfulness and her love of fun. Belle places a daisy in the bouquet.
John: Brady, you're our sunflower, you're bold, adventurous.
Marlena: He'll tackle anything that comes his way. He inspires us with his courage and high spirits.
John: Come on up son, show'em how to do it. Brady places a sunflower into the bouquet.
Marlena: Then there is our rose. When the climate is cold the bud closes up, but when it's light and warm the bud opens and it's a revelation.
John: It's a huge generous heart with all the natural beauty nature has to offer.
Marlena: That would be our Samantha. Sami places a rose in the bouquet.
John: Let's see. We have a snapdragon -- daring, headstrong, smart.
Marlena: Keeps all the other flowers on their toes, too. We are always touched by his capacity for love and loyalty.
John: That would be Eric. Eric places a snapdragon in the bouquet.
Marlena: And last, we have an orchid, beautiful and fragile. John: She needs loving attention and she deserves it.
Marlena: That would be our Carrie. We can't claim her genetically, but we raised her together and we are so proud of the graceful, substantial woman she has become.
John: And we are all better people for having you in our lives, Carrie.
Marlena: She is and she always will be the child of our hearts. Carrie places an orchid in the bouquet.
Minister: And now John and Marlena will light the center candle symbolizing the unifying power of their love, joining together all the members of their family. As they light the candle I invite everyone to read from First Corinthians, that great book about love.
As John and Marlena light the candle,
All: "Love is patient, love is kind, it does not envy, it does
not boast, it is not proud, it is not rude, it is not self seeking,
it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not
confide in evil, but rejoices with truth. It always protects, it
always trusts, it always hopes, it always perseveres. Love never
fails."
Minister: They have prepared their own vows. Marlena.
Marlena: John, what I chose to say to you is from the Song
of Solomon. It signifies to me the end of the bad times and the
beginning of good times.
"Rise up my love, my fair one, and come away
For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
The flowers appear on earth
And the time of singing birds is come.
My beloved is mine and I am his.
Until the day break and the shadows fade,
Turn my beloved, and be thou ever mine."
I really do feel as though our winter is past, our bad times are over and the good times are beginning. I know that nobody can ever promise what the future will bring. But I will make you one solemn vow: I will love you no matter what, whether rain or drought or sun or storm, whatever comes. I will laugh with you, weep with you, celebrate with you, and mourn with you. Whatever comes I am yours my love, until death part us.
John: No wonder we are getting married because I chose a poem also. It's about a hundred years old and what it does is it captures the essence of how I felt the first time I saw you.
"I was never struck that hour;
With love so sudden and so sweet,
Her face it bloomed like a sweet flower;
And stole my heart away complete.
Are flowers winter's choice?
Is love's bed always snow?
She seemed to hear my silent voice
Not love's appeals to know.
I never saw so sweet a face
As that I stood before.
My heart has left its dwelling place
And can return no more."
That sums it up, Doc. I fell in love with you the first moment I laid eyes on you, and from that moment to now. I think it's safe to say that a lot of water has gone under the bridge. We've experienced sadness, a lot of pain, but somehow through it all our love was strong enough to endure and after everything we've been through my love for you has never changed. I know it never will. So that brings us to today. I can stand here in front of my family, my friends, and I can promise you that I will love you until I die. I'm going to be a good husband to you, I am going to honor you, I am going to protect you, I am going to care for you and I am going to make your cares my cares. I'm going to make your sorrows our sorrows, and I'm damn well going to make your triumphs my triumphs. And I'm going to grow old with you. In love and joy and the great stuff life has to offer, until death parts us.
Austin And Carrie
Reed Wedding Vows
(Justice Of the Peace Wedding October 26,
2006)
JOP: Everybody's Here, let's get started
Carrie: Okay, this is it - I can's believe we're finally here
Austin: Me Either
John: You know if we don't this show on the road you're still gonna be here while you're plane's up there, let's go
JOP: Austin repeat after me: I Austin take you Carrie to be my wife
Austin: I Austin take you Carrie to be my wife
JOP: To have and to hold from this day forward
Austin: To have and to hold from this day forwar
JOP: For better for worse, for richer for poorer
Austin: For better for worse, For richer for poorer
JOP: In sickness and in health, to love and cherish till death do us part
Austin: In sickness and in health, to love and cherish till death do us part
JOP: Carrie repeat after me: I Carrie take you Austin to be my husband
Carrie: I Carrie take you Austin to be my husband
JOP: To have and to hold from this day forward
Carrie: To have and to hold from this day forward
JOP: For better for worse, for richer for poorer
Carrie: For better for worse, For richer for poorer
JOP: In sickness and in health, to love and to cherish til death do us part
Carrie: In sickness and in health, to love and to cherish til death do us part
JOP: Do you have rings?
Carrie: Yeah, we have em
Austin: Oh yeah
(Both chuckle)
Austin: I have rings
Carrie: Okay
Carrie: (pointing) That one?
Austin: Yeah
Austin: (sliding the ring on Carrie's finger) I give you this ring as a symbol of our love
Carrie: (sliding a ring on Austin's finger) Austin I give you this ring as a symbol of our love
Austin: (Turing toward the JOP) Wait, can I say something (turns toward the guests) Can I say something? (clears his throat) Not many people get a second chance, and I just want you to know that I'm never going to take that for granite. I promise you I'll never let anyone come between us ever again (Sami interruption happens here)
Austin: (After things settle down and they go back to the ceremony) Here we are, finally going to begin our life together. You know if this was a movie or romance novel, we would know how it ends, how it works out. Life's not like that. I mean, I... I...I can't promise you a happy ending, or a long life, and I can't even promise you tomorrow. But no matter where we are, or what we're doin, and how long we have together, or if we lose our fortune or health.. or our way, I can promise you this: I will always love you, Carrie.
Carrie: Do you know why I love you Austin? Because in your eyes I always shine. You love me for me. I don't even have to do anything or be anything, I just have to get up in the morning. And that's an amazing gift to give someone, and you give it to me everyday. And I want to give that gift to you. Plus you are the world's best kisser
(They go in to kiss)
JOP: No No
(Carrie giggles)
Austin: Sorry
JOP: Austin and Carrie, insomuch as the two of you have agreed to live together in matrimony, and promised your love for each other by these vows, I now pronounce you husband and wife - you may now kiss the bride.
Austin: YES! (They kiss and their family applauds)
John and Marlena's wedding
vows
(In Tuscany, 2006)
Surprise, surprise. Marlena thought their trip to Tuscany was all business; John surprised her with a devastatingly romantic wedding in a piazza.
Father Danilo: We are gathered here tonight under the veil of heaven to join this man and this woman in holy matrimony. To love one another and do God's will until they are called to their heavenly reward.
John: Father, before we go on, I have something I want to say. Doc … you and I have been here before. We've stood before God and pledged our commitment. I sure don't take the vows we're about to say for granted. I've come too close to losing you too many times. But the one thing that's always brought us back to each other is our love. Because our bond is unbreakable and everlasting. "Till death do us part" are not just words to repeat. For us it's the truth, as sure as the sun rises and sets. Our hearts will be one forever.
Marlena: John … I wish there was a way to put on canvas what I feel for you in my heart. To paint you a picture, because there are no words. But even if it were possible, it would take a Picasso, an artist for the ages, to capture something so profound. A happiness so complete, if I could paint a picture, I'd hang it on the stars to share with the world because everyone in their lifetime should know such a love. And if they did … the world would be a much better place.
John: I love you, Doc.
Marlena: I love you, too.
(As they come together in a loving kiss, Father Danilo reacts.) Father Danilo: Santo cielo! We seem to be getting ahead of ourselves! Father, you have made the bond of marriage a holy mystery, a symbol of Christ's love for His church. Hear our prayers for Marlena and John. With faith in You and in each other they pledge their love tonight. May their lives always bear witness to the reality of that love.
Marlena: I, Marlena, take you, John, to be my husband. To have and to hold from this day forward. For better for worse …
John: … For richer, for poorer. In sickness and in health. To love and to cherish … till death do us part. I give you this ring as a symbol of our vows, and with all that I am, and all that I have, I honor you.
Marlena: … as a ring has no end, neither shall my love for you. I choose you to be my husband this day and forevermore.
Father Danilo: May almighty God bless you with his word, and unite your hearts in the never-ending bond of pure love. May He give you both a long lifetime together to enjoy the peace and happiness you give each other. And so by the power vested in me by God and the Holy Mother Church, I pronounce you husband and wife. In nomine patris, et filii, et spiritus sancti. Amen. What God has joined together, let no man put asunder.
(On that, a beaming John and Marlena fly into a passionate kiss. Father Danilo sighs.)
Father Danilo: I was about to say, you may kiss the bride, but you seem not to need instruction. ;-)
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for all of these couples on my other couples pages, including their
theme
songs,
wedding
vows or poems, and
nicknames.
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