Brief wedding vows for a partner at a courthouse ceremony

I remember standing in line at the DMV with you last spring, both of us annoyed and laughing anyway. That's us — making ordinary hard.

Today's just another line we're standing in together, except this one ends with your name next to mine.

I promise to keep choosing the easy laugh over the hard mood, most days.

I promise to show up, paperwork and all.

That day at the DMV, you held our number ticket like it mattered. I think that's when I knew you'd hold onto everything that mattered.

Here we are again, waiting our turn, except this time it's for something that's actually ours.

I promise to bring the patience when yours runs out, and borrow yours when mine does.

I promise this is the last line we wait in without the other one.