Writing your own wedding vows: How five women put their love and commitment into words

When I first sat down to write my wedding vows, I was nervous. I make a living as a writer: If I couldn’t write compellingly about my relationship, I thought, it probably did not bode well for me and matrimony. I gave myself three hours: the duration of my train ride from New York to Washington. By the time I arrived, I told myself, I would have the perfect vows.

This did not exactly work out.