I love it when couples think up their own words to say or replace some of the words that I chose with words that mean more to them. What I love about my redesigned version of this ceremony is that over the years my couples have personalised it further and created variations for it. Because there are thirteen coins, the last coin the couple place in the box together and say the last word together, which usually is ‘love’ When all the coins are in the box the couple then closes the box to symbolise them sealing their pledges. The idea is that the couple then picks up a coin each, says the words in order, whilst placing the coins one by one in to the box. PEACE, COMMITMENT, TRUST, RESPECT, JOY, HAPPINESS, NURTURING, CARING, HARMONY, WHOLENESS, PROSPERITY, COOPERATION AND LOVE. I love these coins even without the ceremony! So what I did was to then choose 13 words to represent feelings and states of being that the couple would want for their future relationship. The arras coins that I use for my ceremonies are beautiful non religious coins that have an etching of Don Quixote and his faithful companion Sancho with the inscription ‘always forever,’ in Spanish. A modern twist on an old fashioned tradition.
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