Celebrate Your Marriage
As a culture, we celebrate many milestones in our personal lives and public lives. National holidays become picnics and parades, local events and neighborhood celebrations. Personal holidays are a time for family to get together and sing, cook and exchange gifts or tokens of remembrance. When a couple begins to ignore their anniversary, this is a major conflict area that marriage counseling is going to address. Not celebrating your relationship is a hugely negative turning point that should be a warning sign for both parties in the relationship.
Anniversaries don’t have to be celebrated with extravagance or carefully planned parties or dinners. None of that is needed to mark a personal moment and join together to recognize yourselves. Many couples celebrate their anniversary with cards, dinner at home and a some quiet time in the bedroom with the kids safely shipped off to the grandparents or a favorite aunt for the night.
If you and your partner have stopped recognizing your anniversaries, not due to the stress and hectic pace of everyday life but simply because you don’t care to take the time, think about the benefits of such a personal holiday and the ways in which it can impact your marriage.
The simple act of reminding someone how much you love them and that you are grateful for the day that you chose to combine your lives into one is a powerful and emotional catalyst, especially if you have been forgetting to appreciate one another at all.
Celebrate your marriage, talk about your marriage and find what you’ve been missing.
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