Wedding Anniversaries and Gifts

With our wedding anniversary coming up tomorrow, I was curious about which “gift” anniversary this one is. I knew the first is paper, the 25^th silver and the 50^th gold. Without looking, how many do you know? To check, here's the whole gift list, traditional and modern.

Anniversary Traditional Theme Modern Theme 1st Anniversary Paper Clocks, Plastic, Gold Jewelry 2nd Anniversary Cotton China, Cotton, Calico, Garnet 3rd Anniversary Leather Crystal, Glass, Pearls 4th Anniversary Fruit, Flowers Appliances, Linen, Silk, Nylon, Blue Topaz 5th Anniversary Wood Silverware, Sapphire 6th Anniversary Sugar, Iron Wood, Candy, Amethyst 7th Anniversary Wool, Copper Brass, Desk Sets, Onyx 8th Anniversary Bronze, Pottery Appliances, Linens, Lace, Tourmaline Jewelry 9th Anniversary Pottery, Willow Leather, Lapis Jewelry 10th Anniversary Tin, Aluminum Diamond Jewelry 11th Anniversary Steel Fashion, Turquoise Jewelry 12th Anniversary Silk, Linen Pearls, Jade 13th Anniversary Lace Textiles, Furs, Citrine 14th Anniversary Ivory Gold Jewelry, Opal 15th Anniversary Crystal Glass, Watches, Ruby 16th Anniversary Wax Silver hollowware, Peridot 17th Anniversary Shells Furniture, Watch 18th Anniversary Feathers Porcelain, Cat's Eye Jewelry 19th Anniversary Chili Pepper Bronze, Aquamarine 20th Anniversary China Platinum, Emerald 21st Anniversary Brass, Nickel 22nd Anniversary Copper 23rd Anniversary Silver plate 24th Anniversary Musical instruments 25th Anniversary Silver Sterling silver 26th Anniversary Original pictures 27th Anniversary Sculpture 28th Anniversary Orchids 29th Anniversary New furniture 30th Anniversary Pearl Diamond 31st Anniversary Time Pieces 32nd Anniversary Conveyances (e.g., automobiles) 33rd Anniversary Amethyst 34th Anniversary Opal 35th Anniversary Coral (Jade) Jade 36th Anniversary Bone china 37th Anniversary Alabaster 38th Anniversary Beryl, Tourmaline 39th Anniversary Lace 40th Anniversary Ruby Ruby, Garnet 41st Anniversary Land 42nd Anniversary Developed real estate 43rd Anniversary Travel 44th Anniversary Groceries 45th Anniversary Sapphire Sapphire 46th Anniversary Original poetry tribute 47th Anniversary Books 48th Anniversary Optical goods 49th Anniversary Luxuries, any kind 50th Anniversary Gold Gold 55th Anniversary Emerald Emerald, Turquoise 60th Anniversary Diamond Gold, Diamond 75th Anniversary Platinum Diamondlike Stones, Gold 80th Anniversary Diamond, Pearl 85th Anniversary Diamond, Sapphire 90th Anniversary Diamond, Emerald 95th Anniversary Diamond, Ruby 100th Anniversary 10 Carat Diamond

As for our anniversary, appropriately, as we’re recently back from a great vacation in Nashville, the gift is travel.

For Mac and Dana in my upcoming Mending the Motocross Champion, the anniversary route has been a much shorter three years--again appropriately, the gift is leather. Or has it been only three years? There seems to be some question about that.

TEAM MACACHEK STARTS HERE

Physical therapist Dana VanAlstyne’s dreams of a family were lost in the dust of a motocross racecourse. Although she’s filled her life with her work and church activities, it hasn’t filled the empty space inside her. Nor has it eased the heartache of being abandoned by a man who wasn’t ready for a wife and children. Now her dream is to open her own private practice. All she needs is the capital to make that happen.

Anton, “Mac,” Macachek may be the top professional motocross racer in the country but he still has one race that matters more to him: winning a championship at Unadilla Raceway and showing the hometown folks the bad boy did amount to something. But when a horrific accident sidelines those plans, he makes a deal with the woman he once loved with all his heart. A woman who abandoned him. If Dana will get him back in racing shape, he’ll fund her new practice. Then an even more dangerous risk is revealed. If Mac races again, he could die.

Does Dana have enough faith to risk her heart again? She loved Mac once, but feared he loved motocross racing more than he loved her. If she helps him mend his broken body, will it also mend her broken heart? Or will it all be lost again in the dust and danger of a motocross racetrack? 

TEAM MACACHEK: Meet the strong women and fearless men of the motocross circuit.

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