wedding anniversaries

Valentine’s Day isn’t the only day to say “I love you.”

Although it’s probably the biggest single day for doing so, Valentine’s Day isn’t the only day married couples can exchange hearts and flowers. Somewhere among the remaining 364 days of the year is a wedding anniversary, a special day to commemorate the day you exchanged those “for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health” vows. […]

Thirty-six and Counting

A wealthy couple just donated a very large sculpture to the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum as a celebration of their forty years of marriage. My husband and I just celebrated our 36th. It was nowhere near as flashy: dinner out one night and a theater outing later in the week. But we did celebrate! Thirty-six years […]

To Save, or Not to Save? What To Do With the Top of Your Wedding Cake

I was talking with a friend the other day about An Anniversary to Remember. As she leafed through the pages of the book, she said, “We saved the top of our wedding cake for our first anniversary. It was awful.” I’ve been married for more than 35 years, but I recall that our wedding cake […]

Announcing the Launch of “An Anniversary to Remember”

“Getting married is easy. Staying married takes a little more effort.” Cynthia Lueck Sowden aims to help couples celebrate the continuation of their marriages with the publication of the second edition of her book, “An Anniversary to Remember: Years One to Seventy-Five”. Originally published in 1992, the updated version offers tips on anniversary etiquette, 45 […]