Vows

Brittany, you are so dynamic and smart, I am constantly in awe of the things you can do that I find impossible.  All the clothes I wear, you bought for me, and I look the best I've ever looked. You constantly think of ways to make other people happy, whereas I'm constantly being reminded other people are in the room. People meet you, and they love you immediately - the charm, the looks, the sailor-like cursing, the infectious laugh and caring heart. Whereas I'm more of an acquired taste. You can meet anyone and be friends, whereas I'm really only competent at making friends with like-minded weirdos and misanthropes like these guys on stage - and I suspect they like you better than me!

Brittany, you are the love of my life. When I look at you and you smile at me, I feel the most happiness in my life. When I see you cry, it hurts. I forget every other concern but to make you happy again. I love you because you give my life a purpose it did not have before we met.  I have problems living for myself. I don't often spend time trying to make myself happy. It doesn't often occur to me to try. Not with you.  You give me more to live for than I had before, because living to make you happy makes me far happier than living for myself. 

 Brittany, you've stuck with me through thick and thin, through craziness and nonsense, and we've both been made stronger for it. You have helped me to understand the world and my place in it. I could not be as good of a man without your influence. I recoil with fear when I imagine my life without you in it. Please continue making me happier than I've ever been, and be my wife.

 *All photos by Nicole Polk Photography