17 Keys to a Successful Second Marriage - or any marriage, for that matter
We've officially made it! 17 years under our belt as a second-marriage, all-odds-against-us couple. I will tell you that it was no easy feat. Hence the reason I waited until today to post this - had to make sure we made it all the way through the 6,205th day. As dawn broke this morning, I breathed a sigh of relief. Lots of things, statistically, were against us. Six, in particular. Three his, three mine. Blending a family is never easy. But everyone who knew us thought is was so cute that we were "just like the Brady Bunch." Not exactly. I had no Alice...instead we added another child (the "Ours" baby) and every episode didn't end in smiling faces. When people ask me, "How did you manage?" They usually ask with a look of utter disbelief on their faces. My answer is (and shall always be) the same. Only by the grace of God. And I am not kidding. So how did we successfully survive these past 17 ...