This Ring
For the past few weeks, each Friday I’ve posted beautiful marriage poems from around the web. This
week, I’m posting a little early and sharing with you my favorite marriage poem of all time.
Keith and I were originally scheduled to be married in the Little Brown Church in Studio City – where Ronald and Nancy Reagan were married – on April 10, 2004. I’d already picked the dress, we’d decided upon the guest list and were just 3 1/2 months away from our big day.
On Christmas Eve 2003, just four months after Keith proposed, I presented him with a jewelry box which contained his wedding ring and a scroll with the following poem written on it. Two days later, sitting on the couch in the living room of his home he said, “Honey, why are we waiting to get married?” I was puzzled for a moment, thought about it for a minute and responded, “Hmmm…don’t know.”
Keith looked in my eyes and said with a smile, “Let’s go get married.” We called our respective families to let them know we were scrapping the wedding plans and heading east. Within a couple hours we loaded up the car and drove to Las Vegas, where the following day we were pronounced husband and wife.
I share this backstory so you know this is one powerful poem!
This Ring
This ring means that I give you my life
Without question, without doubt, without reservation
That I will always love you and never be untruthful
That my commitment to you will never waiver
This ring is my pledge of fidelity
My promise of honesty
My respect, my appreciation, my admiration
For the man who has loved me beyond word or description
This ring means I will always cherish you
Keeping no record of wrong, I give you my unconditional love
Forgiving you, no matter the mistake, I give you my unconditional support
This ring means all that was once considered mine is now yours
Arms to hold; hands to caress; ears to listen; a shoulder to rest your head
This ring means I will honor and serve you
Continuously dying unto myself,
in pursuit of becoming one with you
First and foremost, a child of the most High God
Secondly, yet most wonderfully,
Mrs. Keith Edward Weaver
To my love, my life and my rock,
I present to you, This Ring
-Fawn Weaver
Inscribed on the inside of Keith’s wedding ring is the second-to-last line of this poem, “My love, my life, my rock.”
Until Monday…make it a great weekend!
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