These folks are wonderful, these peace people. There's a lot of luck involved. Brenda and I got lucky the very first time and didn't have to go through several spouses to do it. It's a kind of complementary way of filling each other out and making each individual more complete. The key for us has always been to put the twosome ahead of either individual whenever that was an issue.
Fate is what happens.
Ricky Young is a reporter at the Orange County Register.