“Christina, I could promise to hold you and to cherish you. I could promise to be there in sickness and in health. I could say ’till death do us part. But I won’t. Those vows are for optimistic couples. The ones full of hope. And I do not stand here, on my wedding day, optimistic or full of hope. I am not optimistic, I am not hopeful. I am sure, I am steady, and I know. I am a heart man: I take them apart, I put them back together. I hold them in my hands. I am a heart man. So this, I am sure. You are my partner, my lover, my very best friend. My heart, my heart, beats for you. And on this day, the day of my wedding, I promise you this: I promise you to lay my heart in the palm of your hand. I promise you ME.”
Christina Yang and Preston Burke wrote their own vows in the season finale of Grey’s Anatomy. During a surgery, due to the encouragement of Addison, Burke recited his vows inside the operating room full of nurses.
My God, again, in this episode, teardrops started pouring down my face. Gosh, is there a Preston Burke out there? A real live one? I was wondering if someone could say such things to me.
My crying only stopped when Addison told Burke “Well, I think I speak for every woman in this room when I say: dump her, dump Yang, and marry me”.
However, i remembered that the head writer of the show is a woman. Darn.
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yeah….
ds is full of heart…
i’ve heard it several times but its impact on me has alwys been d same- it brings me to tears!!! gosh!!!
if i were a man, i would sincerely say it to my one and only des!
I conduct scores of weddings each year. A couple who operate on the ‘fun sarcastic’ level asked me to find something different for them. I’ll be suggesting Dr. Burkes diagnosis.