Tips on How to Celebrate Your Wedding
Anniversary This Year
by Rose Taharim
Marriage is wonderful and a bit
complicated. It is a serious commitment between two individuals.
That commitment should be remembered no matter how long you have
been together for a long time. It is a promise that the couple
made in front of witnesses, not just on the wedding day but for
the days and years beyond. It is a commitment that makes two
people willing to grow old together no matter what the
circumstances.
Being married is not that easy. The sweet,
rough, pain and happy moment that you both have been through
together and your marriage bond still going strong from year to
year is something for both of you to be proud of.
And this year, do something different to
celebrate your wedding anniversary from the previous year.
Go for vacation
It such a long time you both have never gone for a vacation. Take
a break. Apply for a week's leave. Sit down together and discuss
where to go. But, please, no fighting over the decision of the
place to go. Think of a place that you both like to go. List down
of all the places in a piece of paper and don't forget about the
budget. Going for a vacation is not meant to be broke after
coming back from the vacation. The kids? What about the kids?
There are two solutions. Whether you leave them behind with
someone you trust, such as your parents or your in-laws or you
take them along. But, beware. You both might be very tired after
the vacation with the kids.
Do fun activities together
Is there an activity that you both love doing it together but
don't have the time? Activity such as, cycling, hiking, camping,
riding on a hot air balloon, boating, riding horses or even going
to movie together. If yes, this is the time. Take a leave and off
you go, please. You will realize there is so much of missing
moments between both of you.
Dine out or specially cook
If you both can't take leave, celebrate it romantically with
candle light dinner either at your favorite restaurant or at
home. If you are to celebrate at home, cook something special.
Talking about cooking something special, wife do you still
remember what was your 1st cooking after you got married? An over
cooked meal with a burned fish? Perhaps you can still cook the
dish but give it a slight better cooking this time. Ask your
husband, "Do you still remember my 1st cooking for
you?" Let's hear his answer then. The situation might also
be vice versa, where the husband was the one who cooked 1st time
after got married.
If you choose to have outside dinner, I
would suggest that you both go to the first dining restaurant
that you went for your dating last time. It will bring back
nostalgia to both of you.
Drop a special note
On the day of the anniversary, husband, leave a note on the
dressing table or on the bath room mirror or stick it at the
refrigerator before you go to work. A simple note saying that,
"Honey, I love you. Thanks for being me after all these
years." Well, you can compose a better love notes than I am.
If you find hard to compose one, get a book on love notes from
amazon.com or barnesandnobles.com. Or, take a lyric from a love
song that you both enjoy listening.
Traditional gifts
Husband, if you are planning to give a traditional gift for your
wife such as flowers, please put an add-on to it. You can combine
flowers with chocolate; flowers with keepsake box; flowers with
ticket to movie show; flowers with aromatherapy massage oil or
flowers with jewelry.
Wife, if you are planning to give a gift
for your husband, perhaps you can get him a set of toiletries of
his favorite designer fragrances, a new shirt with his favorite
color, tickets to his favorite sports event or gifts that are
related to his hobby. Not another socks, ties, undergarment
please.
Seeds of Love
Husband/wife, your spouse enjoys gardening. Choose few packets of
vegetables seeds or flower seeds of her/his favorite selection
and wrap it in a pot where the plant going to be plant. Write
down a note saying that "Let's plant together our Seeds of
Love and let our love grow each minute, each day, each week, each
month and years". (Our note is just an example. You can
compose a better one that ours.) And, do plant the seeds
together. Choose a special moment for both of you to plant it.
Create "Do You Still Remember This Moment?" Scrapbook
Do you have a memorable photo apart from your wedding photo? A
long time vacation photo, a birthday photo, any photo which the
event was a memorable one. Pick as much photos as you can and
start doing your "Do You Still Remember This Moment?"
scrapbook. With this type of creative memory scrapbooks, memories
come back to life when the books are viewed. Pictures make more
sense as they are paired with words or laid out in an organized
fashion. Reliving moments preserved in the scrapbooks could be a
good way to keep family ties and strengthen bonds. Additionally,
well kept books could serve as heirlooms that would keep a
family's legacy throughout the coming generations.
The renewal of vows
The renewal of vows is a ceremony where a couple relives their
commitment and vows to reaffirm their love and devotion to one
another. The couple can set a date that will coincide with the
date they celebrated their original wedding. Many couples prefer
to renew their vows on the exact date of the 10th, 20th, 25th, or
50th anniversary of their wedding. These are significant dates
that they cherish, despite the trials in life as married couples.
It is also important and significant to many couples who wish to
celebrate their marriage with their families and friends. This
celebration is very significant to many couples because they
would once again affirm their commitment be unified with love.
Time is a luxury that people do not have.
There are things that are beyond the control of people that are
unforeseen which happen in the blink of an eye. The best thing to
do is spend quality time together no matter how short or long,
making each other feel loved and special at all times, even
though if it is not yet your anniversary day to celebrate.
About the Author
Rose Taharim is the web master of
My1StopOnline.com, a website totally dedicated to gift giving
ideas. For more articles and information, please find out more at
http://www.My1StopOnline.com.
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