“If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand forget itself.” (Sefer Tehillim)
One of the most meaningful wedding gifts my husband and I received was a mezuzah case that contained some of the shards of broken glass from our chuppah ceremony. The breaking of the glass under the chuppah symbolizes two things. One, the destruction of the Beit Hamikdash and how no celebration can be complete without it. Two, it represents a marriage. Marriages contain both difficult and joyful times, and it is showing the commitment that the couple has to stand by each other even during hard times. I have found that you can’t appreciate where you are in life without remembering the struggles you’ve overcome. It is those struggles that make the happier times even greater.