Barbie and Shelley's 
Commitment Ceremony
Promises and Oaths

 
photoShelley reads from the ketuba:
I pledge to support and cherish you, respect and care for you in good times and bad, to share and create joy with you, to never do harm, as we join life to life and spirit to spirit.  These rings bind the circle of our lives.  Whereever we wear our rings, we will be reminded of our sacred pact...that we will always hold sacred space in our hearts for each other. With mutual respect we promise to share our individual intuition and insights, to empower and encourage each other to reach full potential in all we  undertake as we blossom into the  full beauty of whom we are yet to be.
photoBarbie reads from the ketuba:
In appreciation of the  great gift of Life, we will honor its sanctity as we celebrate  its diversity.  We promise to work together to make the world better and brighter by the way we live our lives, individually and as a couple.  We will remain cognizant of the  spirit resident in all. We will create a home filled with laughter and light, a reverence for learning and  above all, with love.  Our home will be a  haven of peace for all who enter it  — one in which we will celebrate the cyclical flow of the seasons and the significant  milestones in our lives. The best will come with time. 
photoPriestess Kat: We shall now create a measure of this couple.  We will use this cord to measure the physical space each of them occupies, and join it together with a knot, to symbolize the two joined as one.  We hope you will join us in our chant as we untie a knot, tie a new knot, bind it and set it free…
Everyone sings and keeps time with their clapping hands:

Untie a knot
Tie a new knot
Bind it and set it free!

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Shelley hold her measure and looks on while Kate and Kristen take  Barbie's measure.

 
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