Clarissa's Blog

By the way, today is:

This is a story of how two very messed-up people from the most unpropitious family backgrounds, with the baggage of ethnic animosity and a deep conviction that marriage and family were not their lot, figured it out and made it happen.

My biggest advice to people who wonder how to make it work is to tell themselves this daily:

Someone is willing to put up with you every day, and that’s already huge. Humility is the path to happiness while an overinflated ego is not. When temptation hits to think about your spouse’s defects, spend some time first contemplating your own.