When he found out how long
I had been married, he asked,
“How did you make it so long?”
I said, “It’s like being in recovery,
you cannot think about
weeks,
months,
years
in the future.
You must wake up
every. single. day
and
promise to love
your partner
the best way you can
for today.
Some days,
you’ll get it right.
Some days,
you won’t,
but if both of you
make that promise
every. single. day.
all of a sudden
you’ve lived a
lifetime,
together.”
It's as simple
and
as incredibly difficult
as that.
as