I believe that happily ever after is a process, not an end point. What I mean by that is

after you found the one, you don't say, okay, all the work is done, we're going to just march on,

blinders on, the same as we are today. Because we all know that inevitably stuff happens,

especially as we grow older, issues related to health, family, finances, who knows what might

crop up to mess up our best laid plans. Or we might simply reconsider what we thought we wanted

on things like where and how to

live. The couples who confidently navigate these twists and turns, these are the ones who are living

every day happily ever after. And I can't think of a couple who better exemplifies the

happily ever after process than Jerry and Ann.

I'm starting to interrupt. Just want to say hello. Hi. What are you online? Well, it's not live.

We're taking. That's fine. I met Jerry and Ann in 2018. Back then, dating while Gray was merely a creative project for a podcast incubation

program. Anne is my news. There weren't any guarantees that any of us participants would go on to

become podcasters. But as I told Anne, I believe that Dating While Gray really had a lot of potential.

I hope you win this thing.

I may have been a rookie with audio,

but as a seasoned writer,

I knew the makings of a great story,

and Jerry and Ann were living it.

Anne shared some of the details with me

at a Saturday potluck breakfast

that Jerry hosted for our running group.

They were both game to talk more for tape.

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