I remember falling in love.

We were young - still in high school - and we lived about a hundred miles apart. We saw each other as often as possible (once or twice a month) and made weekly long-distance phone calls on Sunday nights, late in the evening when the rates went down.

I was willing to make any sacrifice necessary to spend time with her, but the options weren't there in those days. Eventually, I bought my own car, started making the drive whenever possible, and we rearranged our plans to get married when I graduated from Teachers' College.

Everything in our lives was reoriented to take one another into consideration. The result was that 4 years after we met, we were married, and so far it's lasted 51+ years. Not bad!