Today, I'm celebrating my 16th wedding anniversary. When I recently mentioned this to a friend, she asked me what I thought the secret to a successful marriage is. My immediate, knee-jerk response was, "Please don't ask me that." :-) But after I thought about it for a minute, I told her that I thought it really depended upon what her definition of a successful marriage is. My definition would almost assuredly be different from hers. I'm not sure what the best answer is to her question. But as of right now, this is how I would define a successful marriage:
A successful marriage is one in which God is first, and the spouse and the marriage are second. Family, children, work and everything else comes after those two things. And a successful marriage is one in which the couple has made the commitment to stay together through all the bad times, so that they can enjoy the good times together. Because when you decide to stick together through everything that challenges your marriage, pushes your marriage to the limits, and everything that takes you outside your comfort zone, it makes all of the good times so much better.
I am so happy that today I get to say, "Happy Anniversary, Hector."
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