"We are gathered here in the presence of God to witness the exchange of vows that will bind this couple together in the covenant relationship of marriage. When this ceremony has ended, they will leave this place as husband and wife, joined together by the Lord of heaven and earth.*** With those words, the first best day of my life officially started. I looked at her, and she was crying. We kissed, the flood of congratulations and applause crushing against the bubble our love created around us. The joyous--and raucous--shouts from close friends forced us to stop smooching because we were laughing so much.That night, I lovingly stripped my wife of something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue."