Excerpted from FROM THIS DAY FORWARD
In From This Day Forward, journalists Steve and Cokie Roberts explore the ideas of family, love and marriage. From their days as a young interfaith couple in the 1960s, through proud parenthood to their present as happy empty-nesters, Steve and Cokie share the lessons they've come to treasure as a part of their ever-growing partnership. Here are just a few things they've learned about marriage -- and themselves -- in their 38 years together.
We've learned about preserving community as an interfaith couple...
Over the years since our own wedding, lots of other Jewish-Christian couples have talked to us and some have asked our advice about how to handle the actual ceremony. We're careful to stress we have no formulas that work for everybody...more
We've learned to be considerate of the small things...
At one point during this period Cokie said to me, "You're getting better when I ask you to do things. If I ask you to take the kids or run an errand, you're happy to do it. But you don't think of these things yourself."...more
We've learned to accept each other's sense of privacy...
And, we've learned after all these years, we're not going to change each other. For all the ways we've adapted and the quirks we've accepted, we remain different people with different backgrounds...more
From "From This Day Forward." Copyright (c) 2000, 2001 by Cokie and Steven V. Roberts, published by HarperCollins Publishers. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers.
