Renew Your I Do: Take A Vow

This year marks the twentieth time my husband and I have renewed our marital vows. We renew them every year, each time in a different spiritual setting, and usually in a different city. Looking back now, I realize these annual “I do” ceremonies are the result of our choice of a destination wedding in Istanbul, in a language we didn’t understand. Since neither of us speak Turkish, we had simply nodded assent to whatever the wedding official said.

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