“No one teaches you how to spend a lifetime with someone,” she said, clearing her throat. “There aren’t any manuals, there isn’t a recipe to follow, and at times—believe me—I’ve wished there was.” There was a rumble of laughter, propelling her to continue. “To say that I’ve made a few mistakes in my marriage is an understatement, but what I have learned is that sometimes it is our mistakes, our greatest failings, that are the real tests—opportunities to get to know each other better, to put the word love into practice, to watch everything break into a thousand pieces and to glue it back
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