Love Blooms In the Summer (and Winter)

Meeting Estrellita and Mario was such an honor. Keith and I traveled on our ninth wedding anniversary from Buenos Aires (where I interviewed another couple happily married 25-plus years) to interview this beautiful couple. North America is in the midst of its winter so it was nice to go down south (to South America, that is) and enjoy their summer.

Beyond the beautiful weather, I just love being in the presence of those happily married. There is just something about their lives that make me want to hold on to the bliss I’ve found in my marriage no matter what. Being around them reminds me that love is indeed possible…until the very end of time.

Similar to Silvina and Marcello (the couple I interviewed in Buenos Aires), Estrellita and Mario worked their way to the top. She’s an ophthalmologist and he’s an orthopedic surgeon. They began with very little (they were so poor, they’d spend weeks just scraping together enough money to go out on a movie date) and supported each other’s dreams. They never stopped believing in one other and propelled each other to the top.

When I sit among couples like these, sipping tea and eating delicious pastries from their native land, I’m reminded of the study published last year that said married couples are happier than their single counterparts over time and gave the reasons why. Just spending time with people like Estrellita and Mario give me enough reasons to hold on to this love we have and to never let go.

Have you been looking for ways to achieve your greatest desires in life? Trying to figure out how to reach your highest goals? Based on the countless number of interviews I’ve conducted with successful people, here’s one definite tip: Partner with your spouse. Two minds are better than one and four hands are more resourceful than two. You’ll get there twice as fast and with half the headache if you’ll team up with your life partner to “git-r-done.”

At the conclusion of dinner, they surprised us with a decadent cake in honor of our wedding anniversary. With a candle lit, they sang a song in Spanish in celebration of our special occasion. Nothing could be better than being married to this amazing man for nearly a decade (except possibly being married to him and eating a delicious chocolate cake at the same time). Love is certainly a thing of great splendor.

Until Monday…make it a great weekend!

Why I Love My Husband (the never-ending list):

46. He spent hours organizing my desk that I’d allowed to become overrun with notes and random pieces of paper.

47. He calls me several times a day just to say “I love you” even though his day moves at the speed of lightning.

48. He accompanied me on a day trip to Montevideo, Uruguay last week to interview the fabulous couple in the photo above (and he never complained although it was our wedding anniversary).

49. He gives me cards for no reason and rarely writes more than one sentence in them. But the “I love you more than life” is all I ever need to read and it makes me fall in love all over again.

50. His eyes melt my heart

51. His lips quench my thirst.

52. His caress touches my soul.

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Fawn Weaver

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Fawn Weaver is the USA Today and New York Times bestselling author of Happy Wives Club: One Woman's Worldwide Search for the Secrets of a Great Marriage, adopting the same name as the Club she founded in 2010. The Happy Wives Club community has grown to include more than 1 million women in over 110 countries around the world. She’s an investor in real estate, tech sector and lifestyle brands. When she’s not writing or working, she's happily doting over her husband of twelve years, Keith (and sometimes manages to do all three simultaneously).