I remember a colleague who’s relationship was starting to get serious had a couple of reservations as, “She’s got some issues.” My response was, “Everybody’s g

I remember a colleague who’s relationship was starting to get serious had a couple of reservations as, “She’s got some issues.” My response was, “Everybody’s got baggage. You have to figure out if your baggage and her baggage make a matching set.” I’ve been married twenty-one years, and neither of us are the same two people who got married all that time ago. There have been times when we’ve discussed if the two people we’ve become should stay married. There’s been times when love is strained, times when things are just comfortable, and times when my heart still beats faster when she walks in the room. The number one piece of advice that I received that has stood the test of time is being able to communicate. If you are able to share with each other your dreams, fantasies, desires, fears, faults and foibles, you have a relationship that can be built on and can last.