Dean and Gailynne were married on 18 March 2000.
On 1 October 2004, Dean suffered a traumatic brain injury.
He suffers from memory loss and doesn’t remember much of his wedding day.
Dean and Gailynne renewed their vows on 27 October 2018.
Their Invictus Games family added many special touches.
Flower Girl
Borrowed and Blue.
SERGEANT (RET’D) DEAN IRVING (Team Canada Member): I, Dean, express to you Gailynne, that I will faithfully be committed to you as your husband.
You are my closest friend, my faithful partner in life, and my true love.
On this special day I give you my sacred promise: stay by your side as your devoted husband.
And in sickness and in health, and in joy and in sorrow, through the good times and the bad,
I promise to love you without reservation, comfort you in times of distress,
and cherish you for as long as we both shall live.
Thank you for loving me yesterday and today and tomorrow.
GAILYNNE IRVING (Wife): I, Gailynne, take you Dean to be my husband, to have and to hold from this day forward.
Here in front of everyone that we love, I give you everything that I am, my dreams, my tears, my triumphs and my fears.
I will continue to trust you and respect you, laugh with you and cry with you,
through good times and bad times.
Regardless of the obstacles we have faced, we are committed to face them together.
DEAN: Gailynne, with this ring, as a symbol of my love and commitment – I love you.
GAILYNNE: Dean, with this ring – wear this ring as a symbol of my love and commitment – I love you.
MINISTER: By the power vested in me as a minister of the gospel of Christ,
I don’t announce you as husband and wife because you already are,
but we congratulate you on renewing your vows. Dean, you may now kiss your wife.
GAILYNNE: We have wedding photos which... I mean, I love our wedding, it was absolutely wonderful,
but it’s hard when you know one person knows... remembers and the other one doesn’t.
When we look through photos I know it’s hard on him. So now we can reflect on today
and it was amazing how everybody came together and we have a huge family now... and it’s huge.
Now the Irvines have a ceremony that they both can remember – and cherish.
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