When you're in a long-distance relationship, anniversaries have a different impact. The silence seems heavier and the countdown to midnight seems longer. And all of a sudden, the city where your significant other resides seems to have its own personality, complete with erratic traffic, gloomy weather, and a delivery map that is incapable of comprehending feelings. The problem with being far away, though, is this. You can't rely on presence, so love needs to become deliberate. Sometimes the gesture is as straightforward and impactful as a bouquet arriving at precisely 12:01 AM, but sometimes you rely solely on gestures.