I don't know why it just made me emotional.
I don't know what just happened.
I don't know why that just made me start like crying.
It was like a moment, like in the calm in the water
and it was like, it's happening.
I love you both.
I wish you continued love, health, wealth,
happiness, success.
I think you guys will do phenomenal things.
I want to wish you all the best.
All the best.
You mean there world to me.
And I can truly say Ameer has found his Jewel.
We've got a couple of friends here okay.
Oh my goodness. Yeah, it's happening.
I just don't have the dress on yet.
I love it!
Thank you. You have to get this braid action.
She's killing it on this braid.
I'm giving like frozen, but like the grown version.
Jewel, You're more than just a friend,
partner in crime, confidant,
part-time comedian, and full-time lover. You a light.
An infectious energy.
I immediately noticed when we first met.
Happy welcome to married life!
We come together not to mark the start of a relationship,
but to acknowledge and strengthen a bond that has existed
since they first laid eyes on each other in Antigua in 2017.
Was 130 people partying, dancing.
And then there was one day that I decided I was going to
move away from the party and just watch the sunset.
I only knew one other person on the trip.
So I was getting to know everyone.
And Ameer was the only one like,
Hey, do you want company?
And I was like,
I was like yeah, come on up here!
So I got flowers for your earrings
because you're the flower women.
In the middle of a huge birthday party
on a boat in the Caribbean ocean,
We watched the sunset together.
We talk freely about whatever was on our hearts.
At the moment.
It was a level of vulnerability I've never felt before.
And it came so naturally.
There were over 130 people on the boat,
but in those moments, it was just us.
We talked the whole sunset,
about like life and God and love and really connected.
That experience.
You know, I really felt like we had a,
a divine connection and it's just one of those genuine
moments where I felt like our spirits talk to each other.
The next day we were on the same flight together
and we were talking the whole five-hour flight.
And there was a moment where he actually teared up.
He was like, I just feel like God chose you for me.
And he was like, and I just feel it.
I just feel it.
My baby..
I prayed since you were a baby.
I'm telling you, I was like, God, this is a special one.
I need you to connect her with somebody special.
You know who?
I need you to do this. And thank you, God.
Thank you, God.
Its beautiful
Normally I'm very calculated with my decisions,
but the heart knows what it wants.
By the end of the weekend, I know I found my forever.
Ameer, you can turn around.
I got to get the spin.
Wow.
[Jewel} I vow to Ameer the whole hearted, unapologetic,
devoted, kind of love you've shown me.
I vow to choose you every day.
The way you have continued to choose me since we met.
I vow to make you laugh when you're overthinking.
I vow to support your emphasis on stocks and savings
while showing you the joys of spending money.
I vow to remember that home is wherever
you and our pets are.
Uh, shout out to sweet pea.
I Promise.
I promise that wherever life takes us.
Let it happen. It's all good.
To always make you feel like your home,
a place where you can be at ease,
feel protected and simply be a genuine self.
Do you remember what you said on the plane
The day after we met?
You said we fit like a perfect baseball glove,
no need to grow into it.
No need to mold. It it's like it was made for you.
Thank you for being my perfect fit.
I was a little skeptical when you told me that, you know,
you met someone on a vacation in Antigua. To be honest,
but the way I saw you described Jewel,
the spark in your face, when you described her,
it just made me know that it was something special.
Honestly.
Look Around. Look around. This is us, y'all, this is us.
We're one family.
Our baby is no longer Jewel Lester.
She is now
Mrs. Jewel Gerard.
Yes!
yes, yes, yes!
Yes!
It is my honor, to now pronounce you husband and wife.
A lot of people imagine falling in love,
but falling denotes weakness, falling, denotes pain,
falling as a downward motion. With you, I stand in love.
Thank you for standing with me. We stand for laughter.
We stand for being our true selves. We stand for God.
We stand for each other and I love you always.