Well I'm glad Patrick!
Your comment reminds me that when I was 20 something and first married to your Uncle Pete, it was that romantic love that carried us through too... until our first major disagreement!! WE eventually found the right priority for God in our marriage. So see - you're already several steps ahead of where we were!
Every marriage will reach a crisis, where it appears that the love has vanished. Real question, which cannot be avoided is this:
When you have a major disagreement, When it looks like there is no way to reconcile your opposing ideas, When it looks like the love you thought was strong has disappeared, When it looks like all hope is lost, Where do you turn to renew your love?
TO GOD!!!
I think it's far too easy, even for Catholics like me, to fall into the Romantic ideal that says the human love should be enough. It's actually reassuring to me, hearing you say from your experience that the love of God must still be primary in married love.
LOL, good one! you had me! 
We weren't REALLY 12 and 13 when we got married. Those couples sure look at us funny when I say that though, and then I tell them it's a joke and it sort of breaks the ice.
Were you really married at 12?
Excellent outline- I'm impressed and enlightened!
Good luck to you and Mr. Pete tomorrow.
Jo and I used to help with 'Engaged Encounter' weekends in our diocese, before the bishop decided to go to a more parish oriented pre-cana program.
We always stressed Engaged Encounter's motto:
"A wedding is a day, a marriage is a lifetime".
You are correct, most of your audience is more concerned about their wedding day, not a marriage for a lifetime.
Make sure that your presentation is conversational, not a lecture. That is the only way that you will keep your audience. Remember how it was when you were ready to get married? Marriage can't be that hard, can it? It can't require daily work and maintenance, can it? These couples are in love and lust, but the lust part tends to sometimes wear off quickly, so there had better be love there to endure.
Good luck, you and Mr. Pete are well prepared for tomorrow. Speak from the heart, use personal experience, and pray for the Holy spirit to enlighten your words!
Let us know how it comes out, it sounds exciting.
Just remember to breathe in between points. You have excellent thoughts- don't rush them. It takes time to absorb.
May I suggest a book maker with the citations on them? Just plain and laminate it if possible. I wish I had one from the priest who did our pre cana. Those readings that he showed us were used in our wedding ceremony- for we were the ones who planned everything EXCEPT the flowers and the gown-lol.
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