Southern Protocol

Glam.com, one of my favorite fashion and general buzz blogs to peruse on a daily basis, featured one of the most precious, meaningful things on their website this morning: Happily Ever AfterWord’s Anniversary Box.

Here’s how it works: guests at any of your wedding events (showers, parties, rehearsal, or even the actual wedding) write down words of wisdom and encouragement on what it means to love and grow with your significant other, or maybe even just about life in general, I suppose. The messages (which are on beautifully elegant stationary, by the way) are then split up into envelopes labeled 1-50; on every wedding anniversary thereafter you open the year’s corresponding envelope and read your guests’ advice! I AM OBSESSED WITH THIS!

Good news: I heard on Today this week that divorce rates are actually lowering with every generation! It’s nowhere NEAR 50/50 anymore, but that doesn’t mean that marriage is easy. How fabulous to open up an envelope and read words of advice from family and friends that remind you of why you married your spouse? I think it’s perfection.

The story behind the company is very sweet and touching – go to their website to get the history and even more information about this most thoughtful and unique of all gifts.

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