Life is Better

Gabe and I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary yesterday. That was one great party...from what I remember. I look really happy in the pictures. It was just such a blur - show up, pull on fancy dress without ruining makeup or hair, walk down the aisle, put the ring on the wrong finger, cut the cake, dance a little, and suddenly we apparated in a hotel room and found ourselves ordering Silver Mine Subs and high-fiving each other for pulling off such a grown up act.

In honor of that high five and the six successful years that have followed, I'd like to share six lessons that have served us well. I'm not saying that we practice these 100% of the time, but I can say that life is better when we do.

Life is better when...

...you assume that your partner is always on your side.
...you don't bother with whose turn it is to do something, like change a diaper or do the laundry, and just do it.
...you do little things to make each other's day better, or easier, without attaching the price tag of being acknowledged.
...you regularly take time alone, sans kids and responsibilities, to remind yourselves why you like each other and wanted to start all this madness in the first place.
...you discuss a problem immediately rather than letting it stew and intensify.
...you can laugh, often, at yourself and each other.