"What's this ring about?" he rounded on me with accusation, hurt, and anger in his eyes.

"This is a promise ring."

"Promise!? You took VOWS to be my wife!"

Patiently, and without fear, I patted to the cushion next to me. He sat, but his hands shook. "List…

I wake up to my phone ringing. My first thought: Oh, hell! Am I late for work? Again?

The next sound I notice is the shower running. Good. If my wife, Mari, is in the shower, I'm in good shape. That bit of stress off my mind, I reach out from under the…

"Then the two will become one..."

is what they say,

Now, love has won -

Insecurities and distrust is frayed.

Today you vow to God above,

To honor, to respect,

but most of all: to Love -

then never have anything else to regret.

Your Bride - the radiance,…