We made it.

My wife and I do not have children (a decision we made prior to getting married) which means that we have never had a third thing—if you will—to keep us together. There is no buffer in our relationship which you would think would make it easier, but from my perspective is just the opposite. After a few decades of looking back on our struggles and witnessing other relationships collapse we’ve indexed on a few foundations that we have to continually practice if we want to make it to the next year.

This piece really resonated with me and I’m grateful to Storey for sharing this, we haven’t made it to 30, but after 20 years of marriage I could relate to a lot of what he said.