Marriage is a difficult and worthwhile struggle to compromise, to give your partner unfailing love and to trust him implicitly, so a 20th wedding anniversary is an important occasion to celebrate. A party brings together family and friends, and the couple celebrating can serve as an example for younger couples in attendance. Deciding whom to invite is easy, but knowing what you should write on the invitation can be much more difficult. Does this Spark an idea?
The Basics
Include the basic information the guests will need to know to attend. While fretting over the creative options you have, you may accidentally overlook the most vital details. Tell guests where and when the celebration will be held, where to park and any other information that may be useful. Provide a phone number so they can contact you with questions.
History and Future
Collect some ideas from the children or relatives of the bride and groom. With a few kind sentences from a son, father, aunt and best friend, your anniversary invitation will present the guest with a full range of thoughts from the people who love the married couple the most.
Recycle prose that played a significant role in the original wedding. Look for the wedding invitations or the program from the wedding to see which quotes or poems were used to celebrate the couple's love at its beginning.
Provide a personal anecdote that relates to the bride and groom from the beginning of their relationship or from later in the relationship. This is particularly appropriate if they met in an interesting way: "Zach and Melissa met on a blind date, and they have only had eyes for each other ever since."
Classic Thoughts From Others
Inspire a tear to leap to the eyes of the invitees by featuring a sweet, touching message that will reflect the happy couple's love. Depending on the vendor you use for your invitations, you can write your own verse or use a message suggested by the printer. For example, one online printer features invitations that read, in part, "Marriage is like a garden/With love and tender attention/It will flourish with abundant beauty." Another suggests a message that includes the lines, "This home that you have built is made of love/Hope and happiness, hard grit and tears."
Look back to the great literature of the past. Such sites as TheRomantic.com collect love poems from timeless poets. It is hard to go wrong with a poem, such as Matthew Arnold's "Longing," which begins: "Come to me in my dreams, and then/By day I shall be well again." Best of all, you can compose your own poem to celebrate the 20th anniversary. If the poem comes from your heart, people are likely to appreciate it.
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