Sometimes I think marriage is wasted on the young. The qualities that insure a happy marriage are those most of us only begin to master after going through many painful life lessons. I didn’t marry for the first time until I was 53 years old, and by that time I had been through so many rocky relationships that I was “forced” into learning how to be a better woman. Pain was my greatest teacher. I finally stopped using it as an excuse to feel sorry for myself and began to pay attention to how … [Read more...]