How to Memorize Your Wedding Vows (third in series)

After you have written and edited your Wedding Vows, now comes the important task of learning to memorize them. This guide was designed to assist future wives and husbands in learning their Wedding Vows.

Instructions

Difficulty: Challenging

Things You’ll Need:

• Copy of your Wedding Vows
• Quiet room
• Reasonable amount of time to study

1. The first step in the memorization process is to read your vows over and over again. Become familiar with every pause and note the rhythm of your speech. See how it flows when delivered comfortably and use this as your guideline. Memorizing your Wedding Vows is a bit like learning how to memorize a poem.
2. Next, take each paragraph and try to memorize it individually. When you feel that you have comfortably memorized the first paragraph, then start with the next, always building upon what you have learned. For example, if you feel you have memorized, say three paragraphs, start at the first one and repeat back all three before moving forward to the next one.
3. Now it is time to face yourself for the trial run. Find a large closet or bathroom mirror and pretend you are talking to your future husband or wife. Look directly into the mirror and repeat back what you have memorized. Be sure to give the other person full eye contact, speak clearly and not too hurriedly, and show appropriate gestures (holding his/her hand, picking the right time to place the ring on his or her finger, or waiting for a cue). Be sure to keep at this last step until you are 100% comfortable and confident that all of your hard work and planning are ready for one of the biggest moments in your life.

Tips & Warnings

• Please note: This article is #3 in the series on How to Write Your Own Wedding Vows. The first, deals with pre-writing and writing, and the second in the series address how to edit your Wedding Vows, and this one, #3, addresses memorization techniques for your Wedding Vows.