1. Talk it out-Discuss what marriage means to you and how you envision yourself growing old together

2.Something Old-Look into time honored traditions of your backgrounds.

3. Something Borrowed-Select from poems,songs and romantic movies. Look under “vows” using the search engines on the web or pick up a copy of “The Complete Book of Wedding Vows” by Diane Warner

4.Pen to Paper- write and then repeat out loud. Practice makes perfect

5. Short and Sweet- Keeping things simple has the most impact.

(Taken from Chronicle books @ www.chroniclebooks.com)