Relationships are strange. So many factors involved: what is their purpose, how much energy must be devoted to them, what do we get out of them… I confess that I am not the type of person to over-examine things, relationships included. I hear of friends writing PLANS, 5 or 10 year schedules, for their lives and relationships. You aren’t going to find such a plan on my laptop (or in one of the many half-used legal pads laying around the house). I guess what I am trying to say is: I happened on a relationship that somehow just works . It works without a real PLAN. It works with very sporadic disputes. It works without much fuss or caretaking – it just works. And trust me, I know how lucky that is. Springtime in DC - trees are starting to bloom I realize I am (we are) fortunate to have somehow stumbled on each other 30 YEARS AGO. Yesterday (Easter) was our 30 year anniversary. We celebrate the anniver...