30 years together. Happy for all of them.

But at this stage of the game, who else would want us?

So that is, hold it, need my calculator: 36 years.

I think by now we realize that we have been through so much losing jobs, several times, moving across the country, twice. Being there in "sickness and in health," losing parents that by now we just feel that we belong together, being there for each other for the next medical problem, finishing each other sentence, even sometimes wearing the same color combinations.. Just feeling comfortable around each other doing our own but also to each his and her interests.

One secret? We were not young wide eyes and we got married. We've known each other for many years - grad school - so when we made it official we've already matured and more or less set in our ways.

Then we met and got married.

It has been wonderful!

in 2015. It's been good.

Even the year I had to deal with a cancer diagnosis and the few years we were going through miscarriages. There were moments of being afraid or of heartbreak, but I've never thought of us as being unhappy.

15 in December.

2 disagreements, total. Neither lasted more than a couple hours.

no marriage involved. We've been happy with one another ever since the day we first met.

And close to two years more we've been together.

and known each other for 30 years.

There have been a lot of challenges along the way...but we are still together.

Married for 46 of them! We were so young!

10 years of unhappy marriage the first time around.

10 years of happy, one year of unhappy marriage the second time around.

Currently 13 years of single: one ground zero horrific year, the rest...not so great, but have had their moments of content.

I cannot imagine being married to anyone but him...

We complete each other.

Three kids and two grandchildren.

Wow that seems a lot longer when I type it out! Seems like yesterday when we met.

Of course two weeks later (in August...) we are celebrating our ten year anniversary as a couple...

Marry for kindness, folks. You won't regret it.