Fourteenth Wedding Anniversary - Ideas For a Celebration of Fourteen Years Together

Fourteenth anniversaries can be the most fun4. Why not change the traditional item to
you'll ever have. If you've been married fourteensomething green? Not color green, but
years, congratulations, and many more. Fourteeneco-friendly green? Go through the house
years together is more than an anniversary, it's atogether, make a list of items you use often, and
statement of real commitment and care for eachdecide together to help the environment by
other. It's obvious to everyone at this point thatreplacing whatever you can with green items. It
you two have a special bond, that you're not justcould be as exotic as the charging substance in
a passing thing. If you're looking for ways toyour air conditioner or refrigerator, to the
recognize fourteen years, look no further. Heremundane, like your selection of toilet paper. Not
are seven ways to celebrate that majorvery romantic, perhaps, but committed in the long
milestone in your relationship.run, just like your marriage.
1. The traditional item used to celebrate5. Speaking of alternatives, the bloodstone is also
fourteenth wedding anniversaries is ivory. Due toa not so common gift item for fourteen years
the reprehensible treatment of elephants, andtogether. Bloodstone, also called heliotrope, is a
their abuse to find ivory, we avoid recommendinggreenish semi-precious stone laced with red
real ivory products to mark this date. Instead, westreaks. Ancient lore indicates that it got its color
propose changing the traditional gift item in a wayfrom the drippings of Christ's blood as it fell from
that may actually assist these endangered,the cross on Calvary onto the green earth below.
magnificent animals. Why not a gift to the variousBloodstone is the symbol of justice, and as
organizations that seek elephant protection andbookends or decoration it makes a nice addition
assistance? There are groups which actively workto book shelves or a night stand with its dramatic
for animal protection, even for large animalscoloration. It's also used in holistic practices to
worldwide. A check to them for as little as fiftyincrease blood flow, and energize.
dollars goes a long way in their efforts.6. Fourteen days of love notes, and/or promises
2. If you'd like to celebrate in an ivory kind ofof simple exchange can be the best way to
way, there's a wide selection of artificial ivorycelebrate fourteen years. Scribble a promise of a
products out there that resemble the real thing.back rub, foot massage or whole body pampering
There are cufflinks, earrings, tableware,every day for two weeks. Mix it up with special
knick-knacks and various other furnishingsdinners, inexpensive dates, small hidden gift items
available. And they're all less expensive than theand various courtesies done just because. It really
real thing. And they all avoid abetting the ivoryis the small stuff, after all.
trade.7. The economy appears headed for a comeback,
3. Another way to celebrate fourteen years, andso why not check into a really lavish celebration
to do something bigger than ourselves, is to helpbefore prices creep back up? It may be time to
change the traditional symbol altogether. Why notgive serious thought to that Hawaiian vacation, or
start with your own anniversary, and recognize itthat trip to Disney, or a week exploring New
with a substance or article of your choosing? HowYork City and all of New England.
about jade, or moonstone, or even somethingFourteen years of marriage is a big deal. It may
expensive like emeralds? Sure there's overlap tobe an anniversary you're tempted to let come
other anniversaries, but there's always room forand go, but you don't have to. There are ways,
alteration, as fourteen years together has provenand plenty of reasons, to celebrate. Happy
to you.anniversary!