Vow Renewals
For the years already shared, and the ones still to come
A vow renewal is the chance to stand up, look at each other, and say: I still would. I write and lead renewal ceremonies that celebrate the marriage you have actually had, not just the day it began.
Why couples renew their vows
Every renewal I am asked about has a different spark. These are the ones that come up again and again.
A milestone anniversary
Ten years, twenty-five, fifty. Some numbers deserve more than a card on the mantelpiece: they deserve your people in a room and the words said out loud again.
After the hard times
Illness, distance, a rough stretch weathered side by side. Renewing your vows can mark coming through it, and honour the fact you came through it together.
A big birthday or a new chapter
A new decade, a new home, children grown and flown. When life turns a page, some couples like to sign it, together, before everyone they love.
Simply because you still mean it
No occasion required. Perhaps the wedding was a whirlwind, or someone else's idea of a wedding. This time it gets to be entirely yours.
Whatever shape suits the two of you
A renewal carries no legal paperwork at all, which makes it the freest ceremony there is: any place, any date, any size. A garden party with the original wedding guests. A quiet moment on a hillside with just the two of you. A surprise sprung mid-anniversary-dinner, if you are feeling brave.
Some couples revisit their original vows and see how the years have re-written them. Some write entirely new promises. Children and grandchildren can play a part: a reading, a ring to carry, a line of their own. I will help you find the shape, then write a ceremony that fits it, warm, personal, and with room for laughter.
If it helps to hear how the writing works, the process is the same gentle one I use for weddings: we meet, we talk, and you will have seen every word long before the day arrives.
Here's to the years
Tell me who you are, how long it has been, and what you are dreaming up. We will take it from there, together.