Has it been that long?

Thursday was my dear hubby's birthday, and he is just the sweetest thing.
I am amazed to realize that we have spent the last 35 birthdays together! We were so young when we started dating in 10th grade. And we might never know the number of people who thought we ought not get married four years later.

Like any long term marriage, there have been some really difficult times that we have endured. Back in the 80's when Norb was given a chance to go to school to learn to be an air traffic controller, we thought that life was all mapped out for us. But the triumphant new job was followed by an unjust job loss a few years later. Norb resolved to never put himself in that situation again, and went into business, which sometimes went amazingly well, but had its downside too. There have been many times when we were in situations that we didn't know how to handle, and neither did anyone around us. However, we have learned that many unthinkable worst case senarios are in fact, survivable. It is much tougher to frighten us after what we have been through. I remember one time when we were in a transitional phase with a business partner who wanted to pressure Norb into a particular decision by threatening to withdraw funding, and we looked at each other and said, "So? We know how to live without money. That is not going to force our hand."

As much as I want to limit my time working at our ebay business, the fact that the two of us do work together so well has caused other people to make comments about how they wish that they had similar compatability in their relationships. He makes it easy to work with him, and I like being part of the family business.

Happy Birthday, Honey! I love you more every day!