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When my wife and I were first married, we immediately began thinking about making it to our first anniversary. I guess when you're young and broke, your dreams are what you have, and, our greatest dream was to be together; it started with the first anniversary.

It was at that time that I was introduced, by my wife, to the fact that anniversaries carried certain symbols. For example, the first anniversary was paper. I found that intriguing, and, immediately tried to find the oldest symbol I could, which turned out to be oak for the eightieth year. Whoa! It made sense, though; a marriage would have to be made of oak to withstand all the things life would throw at it in that period of time.

Armed with this knowledge, we examine the tenth anniversary. The traditional 10th wedding anniversary gift is tin, and the modern representation is aluminum or jewelry. Diamond is the tenth wedding anniversary stone, while onyx or blue sapphire, are the acceptable alternate stones. Daffodil is the flower of choice to celebrate tenth wedding anniversary.

I think it is wonderful if, over the years you give your spouse a gift that coincides with that year's symbol; it creates a wonderful heritage, and, think of the tradition and value as an heirloom it provides; yet, is that all we want to do? Do we want to limit ourselves to being "traditionalists?

I remember perusing a book on creative writing at a book store. This book said to "Write in the dark"; "Write dressed wearing the same colors"; "Write with your non-dominant hand", in other words, don't be afraid to create a "voice".

We don't want to be afraid to be bold with our gifts. An anniversary is a time to let the World know you are something special as a couple. High school classes have reunions after ten years. Ten years equals a decade. Ten years is something special!

As with any type of suggestion in this type of forum, I think it is best to simply give an example.

When my wife and I had our tenth anniversary, the first thing I did was give her a small diamond to meet the "symbol requirement". However, for the actual gift, I tried my hand at creativity.

For ten days prior to our anniversary I sent my wife a bouquet of ten flowers. They were delivered at ten in the morning every day. My wife received a card in the mail every day for ten days prior to our anniversary. The cards had a personal note from me simply saying I was thinking of her. Also, on the card was a trait I loved about her.

It took me forever, but I found a restaurant that had a ten in their address. When we went to the restaurant on our anniversary, I advised her that we had reservations at a luxury hotel in a major city that had many attractions for, you guessed it, ten days. Oh, the city was ten hours away by car; of course, we flew. When I gave her the news I also gave her ten poems I had written and the title of each poem started with one of the letters in the word "ten".

That is what I did for our tenth anniversary. I have the nerve to relay it to you because my wife seemed very, very happy. perhaps it was a little "overkill"; perhaps it was even a little corny, but, it did come from my heart.

Remember, every anniversary is important. The nice thing is, that if you make an effort, it is hard to do the wrong thing.

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www.wondersoftheworld.net

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