Ninth Anniversary Gifts - Willow

 Last year was our 9th wedding anniversary. The traditional gift for that year is willow-themed due to the willow representing strength and flexibility within the relationship. I have long loved the Weeping Willow tree. I recall being thrilled that this type of tree graced the yard of the church where we were married. However, on our actual wedding day, I had forgotten to ask to get a photo on the church grounds by that tree so the imagined image of us on our wedding day by a weeping willow never did materialize. Oh well! I suppose that is one way to demonstrate flexibility, right?!

We weren't together for our actual anniversary last year due to my being in Pennsylvania for a celebration of life and spending a few days with my Mom. So, upon my return to Ohio, we celebrated. First, I presented Adam with this shirt. He tends to get compliments and comments when he wears it. ;)

I had purchased the willow lights that you see on top of our hutch in the below image to add cozy lighting to our living room. I have since moved the lights into the hutch behind the glass for a different sort of look.

I love how they shine on the glass flowers Charlotte and I made last summer that we have displayed on the top shelf of the hutch!

Adam utilized ChatGPT to create a coloring book that he had designed to glong with the theme. We have enjoyed coloring in some of the pages with Charlotte here and there throughout the year. I thought it was sweet he chose to create a gift he knew we all three could engage in working on together. Flipping through the book tonight, Im realizing we have some coloring we need to do as we get closer to our mileston of ten years in a little more than a week!