Ceremony Readings to Honor Groom's Deceased Mother

My advice? Save it for the rehearsal dinner. The wedding ceremony is a time of joy. Your hubby's late mom will be on everyone's mind enough, no need to call attention to it. Trust me, EVERYONE'S emotions will be heightened. You won't need the stress.

I always say: "I did not show up to that funeral and turn it into a wedding, don't turn my wedding into a funeral."

Hey there Laura.

This is a really sweet idea

If you found an appropriate poem you love, however, didn’t want to have it read aloud and would like to keep it low-key, perhaps you could include it in the wedding programs with a picture of your FH’s mom.

One of my favorite memorial poems is ‘I Thought of You Today’.

I thought of you with love today

but that is nothing new

I thought about you yesterday

and days before that too,

I think of you in silence

...I often speak your name

All I have are memories

and your picture in a frame

Your memory is my keepsake

with which I’ll never part

God has you in His keeping

I have you in my heart.

To make it fit better, you could change all the ‘I’s’ to ‘We’.