Wedding diary

You spend months planning it. You've talked about it to anyone who will listen for hours on end. But after the big event, how do you remember your wedding day? How do you treasure every intimate detail of the day which, more than any other day of your life was so carefully prepared for?

The fact is memories are powerful. When you say 'I do', you're making a lifetime commitment. It won't always be easy to keep those vows, but your memory is a powerful tool in helping you remember why it's worth it. Every memory you build with your spouse is another beautiful thread in the tapestry of your lives, weaving you closer together. The more threads, the harder it is to break them apart. Valuing memories together shows how much you value your relationship.

So how can you find ways of remembering your wedding day together, so that each year of your marriage celebrates your love and strengthens it?

Write a diary entry on the first day of your honeymoon. Record absolutely every detail you can possibly remember from your wedding. It's great to both write your own account, but work together so that you make sure you remember as many details as possible. It may seem that your day was so wonderful it's impossible to forget, but the memories will fade unless you preserve them while they're still strong in your mind.

It's the most important day of your life: don't let the memories disappear. Even the whole process of planning a wedding will bring a smile to your face years down the road, as you recall the madness of picking a motif and how something as simple as whether to order a rum or buttercream cake would keep you up at night.

So how do you preserve these moments, despite the crazy schedules, the general anxiety, where every day becomes a blur of talking to wedding suppliers and fitting the dress?

Keep a diary, promise that you'll write even just 10 sentences a day about what you did, what you chose, what you hated on sight. If you're not in the mood to wax poetic, even jotting down a list will preserve some of the day-to-day memories.

Make a time capsule for your future kids. Put in pictures of you and your fiancé, a few love letters, a letter to them, and a letter to each other which you'll agree to open on your 10th wedding anniversary.

It is the age of the virtual world today. People meet, interact and take important decisions via the medium of the Internet, which is nothing but a virtual world, a virtual community. A dependable wedding diary helps you to fully leverage the advantages of the virtual world.

The wedding diary is a window to a person's soul. It serves as a logbook for those rare moments when a person truly opens up for posterity to have a glance at a life that one lived as well as the aspirations. It is a source of lesson and inspiration as well as a light for those who need some sort of guidance and direction in life.