OPTION 1
Today, this relationship is symbolized through the pouring of these two individual containers of sand one, representing you, <Bride> and all that you were, all that you are, and all that you will ever be, and the other representing you, <Groom>, and all that you were and all that you are, and all that you will ever be. As these two containers of sand are poured into the n new container, the individual containers of sand will no longer exist, but will be joined together as one. Just as these grains of sand can never be separated and poured again into the individual containers, so will your marriage be.
(Bride and Groom pour the sand slowly from their individual containers into the unity container.)
OPTION 2
<Bride> and <Groom>, today you join your separate lives together. The two separate bottles of sand symbolize your separate lives, separate families and separate sets of friends. They represent all that you are and all that you’ll ever be as an individual. They also represent your lives before today. As these two containers of sand are poured into the third container, the individual containers of sand will no longer exist, but will be joined together as one. Just as these grains of sand can never be separated and poured again into the individual containers, so will your marriage/family be.
(Bride and Groom, along with children if applicable, pour the sand slowly from their individual containers into the unity container.)
OPTION 3
Please note this empty glass. Glass, itself, is made from sand and the sands of time have come together, melting into one piece to make this vessel. The sands of time should remind us all of our mortality and our eternal love. Today, <Bride> and <Groom> have chosen to represent their love to each other in a special sand ceremony. <Bride> and <Groom>, please take your separate glass of sand and alternate the pouring of sand into this joining vessel and together, repeat after me:
“You are my love for eternity. I blend with you. My heart is like these grains of sands, merging with yours. I am yours. You are mine. We are together forever like the sand, like the wind. We are one.”
