Couples Renew Wedding Vows At Galloway Nursing Home

GALLOWAY, NJ — Residents, visitors and staff gathered as four resident couples renewed their wedding vows on the Boardwalk at at Seashore Gardens Living Center. The four celebrant couples received corsages and boutonnières as they arrived and took their places at the front of the room.

Shirley and Howard Bernstein, Shelley and Jerry Bernstein, Isabel and Juan Hernandez, and Doris and Bernie Leibowitz renewed their vows at the nursing home.

Katrina Schnepp, one of SGLC's social workers, officiated the ceremony. She directed the couples to hold hands as they responded positively to a series of questions: “Will you continue to have each other as your partner and continue to live in this marriage?” “Do you reaffirm your love for one another?” “Will you continue to honor and support one another through all the challenges life has to bring?”

The four couples and their attending families then went to an adjacent reception, where they enjoyed wedding cake and refreshments.

"May this ceremony remind you," Schnepp said, "that despite the stresses inevitable in everyday life, your love, respect, trust and understanding of each other will continue to increase your contentment and heighten your joy in living.”

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