Michael Ryan. My pair, my sweet, my muse.
Over the past four years, knowing you, you have taught me how to live in love rather than live in fear.
Today I'm the luckiest man on the planet.
It's going to be tough.
I'm the luckiest man on the planet.
I'm the luckiest man on the planet.
I'm the luckiest man on the planet.
Michael Ryan.
As you know, when I'm faced with life decisions, big or small, I often come from a place of uncertainty.
Fear has almost always prevailed other emotions throughout my life, yet over the past four years, knowing you,
you have taught me how to live in love rather than live in fear.
When I overthink you simplify, you rationalize the irrational, you remind me of my strength,
you ground me, encourage me to embrace the unpredictable life, and have helped me listen to my soul over my mind.
That is why we are here today.
My pair, my suite, my muse.
It seems like a lifetime ago that we met at the concert in Vale, and that was almost four years ago when I was a cadet with a lot of angst,
and not a lot of time.
And you were a student at Boulder, still unsure of what you wanted to study.
And in four years, we've been across the country and around the world, and our adventures just beginning.
In four years, we've done a lot of growing.
You taught me to take better photos, and I taught you how to pronounce compilation.
Looking at you in the foreground of a beautifully familiar background, I'm reminded of why I love you.
You enthusiastically support and encourage my passion and love over the outdoors.
You listen more than you speak.
You think that if a meal consists of no meat, then it's just a snack, which I utterly concur.
And I love you because you have never, ever once tried to change who I am.
You have wholeheartedly accepted me and the flaws that come with it, and I thank you for that.
You've taught me that love is not a reaction, it's a verb, and that the little actions we can do for each other every day can have the biggest impact.
I have heard it said that it's better to not make a promise than to make one and not be able to keep it.
Therefore, I know the weight of this commitment.
I vow to stay in the present moment, as much as possible throughout our life together,
to be grateful for another day because we know that tomorrow is never promised.
I vow to long for your soul when you are always serving our country,
and I will never stop until you are back safely in my arms.
I promise to never go to bed without saying I love you, to work and even laugh through the messy moments,
to cherish the hard days, knowing there will always be a light if we conquer the dark together.
Oh, good mom and I are so excited for you guys, for the future that you are together.
I vow to be a good husband who not only listens and cares, and I vow to put our family before myself.
And every day with all I have in me, I will choose to love you.
Marriage for a man is the most important milestone he will ever have.
Marriage is the greatest effect on a man and anything else in his life.
To my person, my husband, and yes, my bee, let's conquer life's mountain. I love you.
You are the air beneath my wings and my copa for life.
Oh, I love you.
You and me all will say that in front of people.
Oh, my God.
