*This* Will Be Read At My Wedding

[snogged]

I know that "special" day is still somewhere out there in the distance, but as an avid reader of offbeatbride.com, I can't help but entertain a few notions now and again.

Yesterday, there was a segment on reading children's stories as part of the wedding ceremony. On the site, they only had excerpts, but I managed to track down the full text of the one I liked best.



I like you and I know why.
I like you because you are a good person to like.
I like you because when I tell you something special, you know it's special
And you remember it a long, long time.
You say, Remember when you told me something special
And both of us remember.

When I think something is important
you think it's important too
We have good ideas.

When I say something funny, you laugh
I think I'm funny and you think I'm funny too
Hah-hah!

I like you because you know where I'm ticklish
And you don't tickle me there except just a little tiny bit sometimes
But if you do, then I know where to tickle you too
You know how to be silly
That's why I like you
Boy are you ever silly
I never met anybody sillier than me till I met you
I like you because you know when it's time to stop being silly
Maybe day after tomorrow
Maybe never
Too late, it's a quarter past silly

Sometimes we don't say a word
We snurkle under fences
We spy secret places
If I am a goofus on the roofus hollering my head off
You are one too
If I pretend I am drowning, you pretend you are saving me
If I am getting ready to pop a paper bag,
then you are getting ready to jump
HOORAY

That's because you really like me
You really like me, don't you?
And I really like you back
And you like me back and I like you back
And that's the way we keep on going every day

If you go away, then I go away too
or if I stay home, you send me a postcard
You don't just say: Well see you around sometime, bye
I like you a lot because of that
If I go away, I send you a postcard too
And I like you because if we go away together
And if we are in Grand Central Station
And if I get lost
Then you are the one that is yelling for me

And I like you because when I am feeling sad
You don't always cheer me up right away
Sometimes it is better to be sad
You can't stand the others being so googly and gaggly every single minute
You want to think about things.
It takes time

I like you because if I am mad at you
Then you are mad at me too
It's awful when the other person isn't
They are so nice and hoo-hoo you could just about punch them in the nose

I like you because if I think I am going to throw up
then you are really sorry.
You don't just pretend you are busy looking at the birdies and all that
You say, maybe it was something you ate.
You say, the same thing happened to me one time.
And the same thing did.

If you find two four-leaf clovers, you give me one.
If I find four, I give you two.
If we only find three, we keep on looking.
Sometimes we have good luck, and sometimes we don't.

If I break my arm, and if you break your arm too
Then it's fun to have a broken arm.
I tell you about mine, you tell me about yours
We are both sorry.
We write our names and draw pictures
We show everybody and they wish they had a broken arm too.

I like you because I don't know why but
Everything that happens is nicer with you.
I can't remember when I didn't like you
It must have been lonesome then.

I like you because because because
I forget why I like you but I do.
So many reasons.

On the 4th of July I like you because it's the 4th of July
On the fifth of July, I like you too
If you and I had some drums and some horns and some horses
If we had some hats and some flags and some fire engines
We could be a HOLIDAY
We could be a CELEBRATION
We could be a WHOLE PARADE
See what I mean?

Even if it was the 999th of July.
Even if it was August.
Even if it was way down at the bottom of November.
Even if it was no place particular in January.
I would go on choosing you
And you would go on choosing me
Over and over again.
That's how it would happen every time
I don't know why.
I guess I don't know why I really like you.
Why do I like you?
I guess I just like you.
I guess I just like you because I like you.

Comments

[spike7451.livejournal.com]

I have two nieces getting married early next year, I'm going to save this and show it to them, I think they'll love it. :)

[snogged.livejournal.com]

I hope they do. :)