If you’ve decided you want to write your own personalized vows for your wedding, there are a few different ways you can share them with your partner. There is no right or wrong way to share your vows, and this isn’t going to look the same at every wedding.

This week’s observance of “National Marriage Week” — an annual celebration of the importance of marriage — culminates today, on Valentine’s Day. As it concludes, I want to highlight a growing concern: the “privatization of marriage.”