Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

Yesterday was our 46th wedding anniversary.  Luckily, last year we gathered all the family at our favorite spa/mineral pool a couple of hours north, and we had a great weekend.  This year I made coq au vin for the two of us, and my husband found a $9 bottle of champagne in the back of the pantry, and it wasn't even too bad.  We watched "Murphy's Romance" and I shared my Stevia chocolate bar with him.  I've been thinking back to our anniversary trips, good and not so good, and also remembering our amazing chemistry and our vibrant lives together.  Maybe we're not still IN LOVE the way we were, but we have understandings that make up for that.  We're nothing alike, but that has worked to our advantage in many ways.  We are masters of compromise, and we also don't depend on each other too much.  I have friends I feel as close or closer to, and he has his passions I don't share, but we both adore art, travel and nature.  He gifted me with camping and national parks and the curiosity of a scientist, and my reading and social strengths have expanded his world.  We had one grumpy day so far in our sheltering, but we do pretty well, because we give each other a wide berth when we need it, and we are walking buddies each day.  So today I'm appreciating this long, windy partnership, and infinitely grateful.