Secrets Of A Happy Marriage
Lessons from my parents, the experts
This year, my parents celebrate forty-one years of marriage. Forty-one years of sharing and building a life together. Forty-one years of laughter, of growing, of figuring out how to walk in tandem while letting the other thrive when, and how, they need to. For the past forty-one years, they figured out how to be husband and wife, a mom and a dad, and a daughter, son, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, and friend.
They aren’t the only people who manage to make it to forty-plus years of marriage- but they are one of those unique couples who still not only love one another but like one another. They make each other laugh in a way reminiscent of first dates and early love. They are each other’s greatest cheerleaders. They enjoy one another’s company — and are constantly doing things together. My husband often jokes that they have a better social life than we do, and more often than not, he’s right. Age doesn’t seem to slow them down but instead gives them a new lease on life.
If you ask my mom the secret to a lasting marriage, she’ll tell you that my dad is her best friend.
She’ll tell you that of course, they have their own friends from work, and college, and different seasons of life, but at the end of the day, when something wonderful happens, my father is the first…
