Does Celebrating Anniversaries Matter Anymore?
I started blogging about my own wedding planning journey in 2008. That is 17 years of talking about weddings! Yet I haven’t lost passion for creating dream weddings for others. What drives me is not a big celebration or an expensive party to impress your guests. Although, that could be one reason people have a big wedding. For me, the true beauty lies in what comes after,the everyday life you build together, and the way you keep choosing each other through the years.
A wedding is just the beginning, but what truly matters is the love that grows after. Celebrating an anniversary is a heartfelt way to keep that love alive and make the marriage blossom year after year. It doesn’t have to be grand, it can be as simple as carving out time to be present with each other, to look back, and to dream forward. Those little rituals become the glue that holds the bigger picture together.
At the core, a wedding is a celebration of two individuals, with their flaws and strengths, coming together as one. It’s the day they start a family and their lives are never the same. Building that relationship is what I am passionate about. It is also one of Rosette’s Designs Core Values, we value relationships regardless of whether you’re a visitor here in Rosette Designs or you are one of the clients whose wedding we decorated or planned before.
Once you signed that proposal, you became a part of us, part of the family. That sense of belonging is what I hope each couple carries long after the wedding day, the feeling that they are never alone in their journey.
The Anniversary Special is a reminder of that sentiment that you were once donning that gown and marching in as a bride, looking radiant when you made those vows to each other. Flashback to that moment, hopefully will renew your love for each other, once again.
Because when you pause to remember how it all began, it often brings back the tenderness that gets buried under the weight of routines and responsibilities.
Winston and I have been married for 15 years now. I realised it’s very easy to take things for granted when we become too familiar. In our years together, there were times that we just had a simple anniversary dinner, just the two of us, and it means so much. Because that year, our life was super hectic with 2 babies.
There are times when we had an ultra-expensive dinner yet our hearts were not together. Those were the dark valleys. But even in those valleys, I learned that anniversaries are less about the “what” and more about the “why.” Why we come together. Why we stay. And why we keep trying, even when it’s hard.
The harsh reality of marriage is for 28,000+ weddings in 2019, there were 7,000+ divorces too. Marriage requires constant effort and dedication from both spouses. Love is not static; it grows when nurtured, and it withers when ignored. That’s why anniversaries, no matter how simple, are powerful, they remind us to pause and water what we’ve planted.
After more than a decade of marriage, I realised that remembering my wedding day reminds me of why I said my vow and discover the person I fell in love with, once again. Through years, children, starting my own company, and other issues. It’s these vows that keep us going on good days and bad, and give us hope for the future. They remind me that our love story is still being written, one chapter at a time.
So wherever you are in your marriage journey whether it’s your very first anniversary or your fifteenth Take a moment to celebrate. It doesn’t have to be perfect or extravagant. What matters most is the intention behind it: to honor your love, to remember your vows, and to keep choosing each other every single day. Because at the end of it all, those little celebrations are what make a marriage truly last.
Love,
Helen
