Brief wedding vows for a spouse at a garden ceremony

Remember the morning we planted tomatoes in the rain, laughing instead of running inside? That's us.

I promise to keep showing up like that — a little muddy, a little unprepared, choosing you anyway.

I'll water what we grow together and be patient when things take time to bloom.

Here, among the flowers, I give you my steady hand and my whole heart.

I remember that rainy morning too — you kept digging like the storm wasn't even happening.

I promise to bring the umbrella you forget, and the stubbornness to stay out in it with you.

I'll tend to you the way you tend to everything you love — faithfully, without keeping score.

Under this open sky, I choose you, today and every ordinary day after.