Ann,
I'm glad you were with family on your anniversary. I agree with many of the comments here that anticipation is much worse than the actual event. This seems to apply to most things.
Our 41st anniversary is next week. I remember thinking that we barely made it past our 35th anniversary (weird thing was it was exactly 3 months and 5 days after the anniversary) and I think that we'll never make it to our 50th but we will, just not together. I'll always remember the birthday, the anniversary, the day we met (my 18th birthday), but I am starting to forget all the various times I had to call the ambulance or the visits to the various hospitals, or the last couple times I saw him.
Anniversaries are times to remember the good times, to celebrate life, and time to remember we have a different life now but life to be celebrated regardless.
I'm glad you had a good day and hope you have many more good days of remembrance.