I bought this icon a few years back for my wife and I's first wedding anniversary and just purchased again as a wedding gift. We struggled the first year of marriage really wanting a child and this icon gave my wife much consolation. Shortly after praying a novena to St. Anne and visiting a small rural shrine to her we were blessed with our first daughter. The icon also serves as a reminder to my wife and I to pursue mutual holiness in our sacramental vocation.
