You can use our traditional wedding vow scripts below word for word—or you can work with your partner or officiant to identify parts that resonate. Either way, inspiration awaits. Related ...

When Emily Leehan married Joshua Newville on Saturday, she read vows to Newville's 4-year-old ... Leehan tries to continue reading her from her script, but Gage made doing so just a bit difficult.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Tanya Pushkine, a 61-year-old wedding-vows writer and officiant known as "The Vow Whisperer" based in New York City, about her job.