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unbeknownst to her (at least, until she checks the blog), my sister is responsible for today's post. she sent me the following today, which happens to be our tenth wedding anniversary. (more on that later!) it rang so true that i thought i'd share.

----- Hey Sara! There was an article in the NYTimes blog yesterday about trying to write a graduation speech. It made me think of you! Here's an excerpt: At the moment, I’m thinking of talking about the chief way our society is messed up. That is to say, it is structured to distract people from the decisions that have a huge impact on happiness in order to focus attention on the decisions that have a marginal impact on happiness. The most important decision any of us make is who we marry. Yet there are no courses on how to choose a spouse. There’s no graduate department in spouse selection studies. Institutions of higher learning devote more resources to semiotics than love. The most important talent any person can possess is the ability to make and keep friends. And yet here too there is no curriculum for this. The most important skill a person can possess is the ability to control one’s impulses. Here too, we’re pretty much on our own. Two out of three ain't bad. ("Mmm bop" ruins your chances for three out of three.) Happy Anniversary! Love, Leslie