Wedding diary

You spend months planning it. The day flies by in a blur. And then somehow, five years later, you can't remember what song played during dinner or what your best friend said in their toast.

Wedding memories fade faster than you'd think. The details that felt so vivid the day after start to blur. And the things you remember aren't always the things you thought you'd remember.

Write it down while it's fresh

On your first honeymoon day, or the day after you're home – before you unpack, before real life starts again – sit down and write everything you can remember. Both of you. Compare notes. You'll be surprised how many moments the other person caught that you missed.

What did the venue look like when you first walked in? What was the funniest thing that happened? What almost went wrong? Who danced with who? What did you eat? What did people say to you in the receiving line?

The planning chaos is worth recording too

Years from now, you'll laugh about the debates that kept you up at night. The venue that fell through. The dress drama. The family tension. Keep a simple diary through the planning – even just a few lines a week about what happened. It'll be entertaining later, and it's a good way to process the stress in the moment.

Make it a tradition

On each anniversary, go back and read what you wrote. Add a new entry about where you are now. It becomes a record of your marriage, not just your wedding day. Ten years in, you'll have something irreplaceable.