I steeled myself to focus only on the present yet remain alert to what might come next.

“A good marriage, like any partnership, meant subordinating one's own needs to t…”

“It was, I remembered thinking, the most difficult walk anyone ever had to make.…”

“I mean, if the relationship can't survive the long term, why on earth would it …”

“The problem with time, I've learned, whether it's those first two weeks I got t…”