The nicest words I've heard this week came from my daughter, Molly, who saw this video and said, "That'll be you and Mom, Dad." I wasn't aware of what she was referring to, so I leaned in and watched over her shoulder.
It was a video taken at an airport arrivals area...
I'm lucky enough to come from a long line of long-married people.
My grandparents, Elmer and Jenny, were happily married for 61 years. My parents, Evelyn and Jake, hit 65 years of togetherness. Unfortunately, I never thought to point a camera at them and ask them to explain their successful unions...
We've all seen the scenario: boy and girl meet cute, spend a wonderful day/evening together (usually in a very romantic locale), fall in love, and then part, leaving one or the other to suddenly realize "I don't even know your last name, phone number, or where you live...