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Marriage. This institution is not perfect. It is taken for granted, coveted by the lonely, and sometimes rejected all together. In today’s society, it is not an easy task to find “the one”. Often, that special person is the product of lust. For many, it goes deeper than that. Marriage is messy, however, just like life. We grow together. Sometimes, we regretfully apart. Rarely are there now instances of genuine soul mates and couples fully committed in the “until death do us” part of the vows.

I almost fear what I have left in store to experience with my husband. We’ve been through so much. As I wrote in my book Reset, we have quite literally saved each other’s lives. We’ve gone through a lot of ugly, but we get to enjoy the beauty of our son, who has a middle name that means “gift from God”.

The scale of great or good days over bad is incredibly out of balance for the better. I love our morning coffee on the weekends. I love our conversations that don’t involve a single spoken word. I love our tribe of three. Quite simply, I love us. Whatever there is left for us to discover, I’ll be fine as long as we discover it together.

I love you Chris.