Since I got married, the birthdays (and other special days) have come at us fast and in force. For these reasons, we have been late on more than one special day. So, this calendar is a real life-saver. It can be used year-after-year, and it allows you to stay on top of all the special days that come around in the year. My wife has been wanting one of these for some time. By the reaction I got when I gave this to her, I would have thought I had just given her five dozen real roses and not just a calendar with pictures of them! BTW, the roses pictured in this calendar are beautiful, but the beauty to me is that we can finally keep track of all these special days!