25th Anniversary Logo & 42 Love Songs
/1. The Anniversary Logo
25 Years!!! That's a quarter of a century! It's our Silver Anniversary! Woo hoo! And not only that, we've not only been married for 25 years, we've been friends for three decades now! And THAT is where it's at.
25 years in and...
we still make each other laugh....
we still like to be with each other...
we still support each other's interests...
we still believe in each other...
we still hold hands...
we still date...
we still kiss..
we are still kind to each other...
we are still thoughtful...
we still try...
we still care...
and and we still just love each other.
Still.
There is great value in that simple word: "still." I like word meanings and origins, so I looked at some of the definitions and descriptions of the words "still" that fit well for where are now 25 years into our marriage:
not moving
unmoving
undisturbed
calm and tranquil.
even
deep silence and calm
even now as formerly
referring to something that will or may happen in the future.
nevertheless
all the same
regardless
notwithstanding
in any event
make or become still; quieten
be fixed, stand
>> SEE PREVIOUS YEARS' LOGOS & PLAYLISTS HERE >>
2. The Anniversary Playlist
One thing, I also still do is woo and romance my wife. One way is through music. For years for anniversaries and Mother's Day I would make her CD's of meaningful songs. You can see a long collection of these playlists and individual songs with love letters and GREAT Relationship™ principles at The 52 Love Songs Project blog.
Throughout the year I collect love songs specifically for our next anniversary. I especially prefer love songs that speak to commitment, dedication and behavioral love, not just romantic or feeling-based love.
So if you're a romantic sap, like me, then enjoy these gems—some old, some new, some popular, some obscure. And if you like these, look for my prior years' playlists for many, many more.
That One Night — The Hunted
From the TV show, The Office. If you know the show and the song you'll know why this is funny. It's a show we love and this is just for laughs.If I Didn't Have You — Tim Minchin
Another comedy piece making fun of the idea that there's ONLY that special one... Sure Kara and I each could've found someone else and maybe have made those relationships work in their own good ways. However, THIS is our relationship that we CHOSE and that we love and that we make it as good as it is. :-)I Can Change — John Legend, ft Snoop Dogg
Little Wing — Sting
Biggest Part of Me — Ambrosia
Just Kissed My Baby — The Meters
Unsaid — Anoushka Shankar & Norah Jones
These sisters of different mothers, share the same father, Ravi ShankarLisa Breaks Ralph's Heart — The Simpsons
Inside joke from a show we both love.Emmylou — First Aid Kit
I just so love this song.All of Me — John Legend
No One — Alicia Keys
Fix You — Coldplay
Die a Happy Man — Thomas Rhett
Kiss Me — Sixpence None the Richer
Like My Dog — Billy Currington
Arms of a Woman — Amos Lee
Happy Together — The Turtles
The Idea of Growing Old — The Features
I Get a Kick Out of You — Ella Fitzgerald
Your Love Is King — Sade
Come Away with Me — Norah Jones
The whole point of an anniversary getaway is to say "come away with me." Besides a good time, it's a grand symbolic gesture. On a smaller, but equally important symbollic level, is dating each week... It says, "come away with me. Let's get away from the stuff of life and just do what we did in the beginning, that we look forward to doing also at the end: just enjoying being together."You Are the Sunshine of My Life — Stevie Wonder
Baby, I Love Your Way — Peter Frampton
Fallin' — Alicia Keys
Wild Horses — Rolling Stones
Lovely Day — Bill Withers
Oh Sweet Lorraine — Fred Stobaugh
One of THE sweetest stories is behind this simple song a grieving 96-year-old husband wrote for his dearly departed wife of 75 years. Truly a Marriage Master. This song has the weight and credibilty of a life-long love. Even though I'm the marriage expert, and even though my baby and I have 25 years, we are only a third of the way to knowing what this couple had and created together. They are the true marriage experts. Bow to the masters and learn from them. I did a blog post on this song here....Took Her Home — Fred Stobaugh
A follow-up to Sweet Lorraine and the grief of parting and missing his dear love and looking forward to their reunion in the next life.You Are the Best Thing — Ray LaMontagne
Harvest Moon — Neil Young
Follow You Follow Me — ???
Little Trip to Heaven — Tom Waits
Made-Up Love Song #43 — Guillemots
Reasons to Love You — Meiko
Always Want You — Lori McKenna
The Afterlife Love Song — Dave Zobl
Another funny love song.Friend of Mine — Edie Brickell
The Thermos Song — Steve Martin
From the movie, The Jerk. Nothing says love like a well-chosen Thermos.The Thermos Song (cover) — ???
Try a Little Tenderness — Otis Redding
Kissing My Love — Bill Withers
>> SEE PREVIOUS YEARS' LOGOS & PLAYLISTS HERE >>
