Happy 25th Cheri and Craig

This post is dedicated to the sweet life of love my friends Cheri and Craig share.  They have been on my mind since last weekend when we gathered together to celebrate their silver anniversary.  Cheri and Craig exemplify what marriage can be when there is a mutual dedication to put the other one first, to provide support and encouragement and to make the relationship a priority.

I acknowledge that there are times when a marriage does need to end for one reason or another.   The normalcy of divorce however makes it hard not to contrast that to the blessing of marriages like Cheri and Craig’s and other dear friends in life long marriages.  It causes me to humbly acknowledge that we are set apart.  Our marriages are important enough to each of us to weather the storms that do come, valuable enough to us to make the required sacrifices and filled with the unconditional love that I believe comes from a place deeper than we can create on our own.

I raise my symbolic cup and toast Cheri and Craig, and all my other friends, who like them are fighting the good and noble fight to keep their marriages sanctified and honorable, fun and interesting, kind and forgiving.  I am blessed to walk this journey of long-term marriage with you and thank you for the ways your example and support have helped Chris and me.  May you live long and prosper – in the commodity that matters most: Love!