By Alex Blackwell
With a thousand sweet kisses, I’ll cover you. – Jonathan Larson
Mary Beth and I are celebrating our 26th wedding anniversary today. More than a quarter of a century ago we were young, poor, and naïve. But we were in love and determined to make it work – no matter what.
We didn’t have much time to create the foundation to our marriage as we welcomed Brandon the following January. Life took off from there. Caitlin, Andrew and Emily soon completed our family. We also built our careers and then witnessed their subsequent collapse.
After a quick rebound, we moved from Virginia to Kansas. Once there, we found ourselves standing at the brink of divorce. We came back from that, too. The unexpected death of Mary Beth’s father; the anticipated death of my mother... More...
