If you haven't read Relationship Grit, a book we wrote about our ups and downs, mistakes, failures, lessons and growth, here are the highlights. 

It was love at first sight. For me that is. :)

A warm embrace. A connection. A blow off... by her. I would see her a week later at a charity event walking across the room. I wouldn't leave without getting her number. She canceled five times when we agreed to go on a date. One time she said she couldn't go because she had to wash her hair. Yes, she actually said that! I had grit. Finally a date and we've been together ever since and celebrated 25 years of marriage on May 27th! We have relationship grit. We worked through the tough times and resolved to stay together when there were moments we didn't want to.