Her vow
My mother left me and my family when I was very young. I did not have a female role model because my father never remarried. With two brothers before me and two brothers behind me, I was very much a tom girl. I did not know how to be feminine. When I was in high school, the only dress I wore in the whole of the four years was for graduation...and even then, I felt uncomfortable. Jeans and a tee gal.
When I met you, I saw you as a friend. I did not feel the need to physically impress you by wearing "girly" clothes and "girly" makeup....although I was always intrigued by jewelry.
As I grew closer to you, I felt the need to be "girly" and rid my time as a tom girl. I wanted simply to be a girl. I shall forever cherish the wedding gift you gave to me...out of the many...just the night before.
When I fell in love with you, I vowed to myself that if we were to marry and have children, I would forever be a female role model to a daughter or just in general. Being a role model is exceptionally important to me - to young men and to young women.
As I say "I do" in this vow, I am the girl I wish to be...not "girly," but simply feminine.
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