We celebrated a decade of marriage last May. 💕Adam, Charlotte, and I spent the anniversary weekend with my Mom in Pennsylvania and made a day trip down to York from Schuylkill County to retrace our steps from our wedding day on the Saturday of the anniversary weekend.
We went to the Market where, a decade prior, we had snapped some photos between the wedding mass and wedding reception. Last year, we spent some time there enjoying a late lunch and yummy snacks. Then, we made our way over to the reception site before Adam treated himself to a massage while my Mom and I took Charlotte for a manicure. Finally, we rounded out our day by participating in mass at the church where we were married followed by dinner at the restaurant where we had had the rehearsal dinner. It was such a blessing to take in all the sites/sights as we reflected on the start of our marriage ten years prior before driving back to Mom's house.
Here are some pictures from outside the Market on our Wedding Day!
Adam wore his shirt he had worn to the Rehearsal Dinner and I wore my wedding shoes as we played tourist in York and relived our wedding day!
Here is a picture from that dinner (of the same shirt)!
Can you tell Charlotte enjoyed her smoothie while at the Market??! Below are some then and now pictures! Maybe we'll try to do this again in ten more years??!
This was the First Non-Look in the small chapel at the church.
Charlotte was tickled to think about us being in the chapel but not looking at each other just prior to meeting each other in the church during the wedding mass a half hour later...
Waiting for our deejay to announce us at the reception...!
Grammy and Charlotte taking in the area just outside the entrance to the Reception before we left to make the drive back to Schuylkill County.
Charlotte Annie loves sleeping in the same canopy bed I slept in as a little girl when we go home to my Mom's house.
So last year, for our tenth anniversary, the traditional gift is tin or aluminum. These metals are meant to symbolize durability and flexibility that are characteristics of a marriage that lasts for ten years. Sources say that these metals signify a number of things including resilience and strength. Adam and I have certainly had to be adaptable our entire relationship and especially so since getting married. Each day, we are provided the opportunity to grow in virtue and fortitude both as husband and wife and as individuals.
When reading up on the attributes of tin and aluminum and how they connect with a decade-long marriage, parallels were made of being pliable or able to bend while still remaining connected or bonded. I'm so thankful for the life partner I have in Adam. I can't imagine carrying my crosses without him to commiserate with and to try to understand the daily challenges, and joys, of living in obedience to God's Will for my life. That doesn't mean things are easy or even done in the way I would prefer all the time but through resiliency and perseverance, each day is a new day given to try to make better choices than the day prior and thank God for that!
So what did we gift each other last year, other than retracing and reliving our memories from the Wedding Day by running around in York?
Adam gifted me with this tin note.
I gave Adam three tins of mints and an aluminum replacement tray for the toaster oven! If you saw the state of affairs of our toaster oven, you would see the daily battle of trying to keep it clean, that we face. 😅
I spent some time earlier today planning our family outing we're going to enjoy next weekend since our 11th anniversary falls on Saturday! Any guesses as to what we're doing or what the gifts will be for this year??!
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