A few months ago I met a remarkable woman who told me that she and her husband have been married 40-some-odd years. She said that each year on their anniversary, they go out for dinner (without their children) and look back at the previous year. She went on to say that after a frank discussion of how that year rated, they then discuss whether or not to sign on for the coming year.

 

I respect her method. “‘Til Death Do Us Part” is nuts. For about a jillion reasons. I mean, sometimes relationships have just run their course. That may be sad or not, but it’s true. And there’s nothing wrong with that, friends.

 

Anyhoo, I don’t know why I’m going on and on about this. Maybe it’s because Mister and I are celebrating adding another year to the tally. And if we sit back and discuss the previous year with the intention of determining whether or not to re-up for another, I can only say that I’m game. Abundantly, happily so.