She noticed when you stopped opening the car door. She noticed when date nights became routine. She noticed when gifts started feeling like obligations instead of intentions.
And she didn't say anything. Because the women who love you hardest are also the ones who go quiet when they're disappointed.
An anniversary is your chance to prove that time hasn't made you lazy. That familiarity hasn't made you careless. That after all these months or years, you still see her.
Not the version of her that's tired after work or stressed about the kids or buried in WhatsApp groups. The version of her that walked into that first date and made you think: I need to get this right.
She's still that woman. The question is whether your gift tells her you know it.