Little Happier: Paris, Rose, a Fortune Cookie—an Anniversary Toast to My Husband Jamie
Happier with Gretchen Rubin
Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project
4.7 • 13K Ratings
🗓️ 16 June 2025
⏱️ 6 minutes
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A double anniversary (of a wedding and of a life-saving medical cure) inspired this toast—with allusion to Gertrude Stein, Wendell Berry, and “The Office.”
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| 1:51.1 | I'm Gretchen Rubin, and this is a little happier. |
| 1:58.7 | Recently, my husband Jamie and I celebrated our wedding anniversary, and I used the occasion to write a toast to him. |
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