Pickin' and Grinnin'

I've mentioned here before that Dan has been a musician for many years. He's been in tons of bands, but that has fallen by the wayside in these past few years.

This past Saturday we were invited to a party at the home of one of Dan's old musician friends, and of course that was as good excuse as any for them to play together.

It was really nice to see Dan and his old pals having so much fun together.

I swear, Don is having fun, contrary to what his expression looks like here!

And I never saw this coming.

See, two weeks ago things hit rock bottom with Dan and I. They've been bad off and on for the past few years but this was a knock-down-drag-out fight to end all fights, and we both talked seriously about divorce.

And I don't really understand what exactly happened, but it's like a switch went off. We've fought and reconciled before, but not like this. Somehow, we've both realized how hateful we've been to each other and we've had some really deep talks. It's like we're two different people. We're working on things and I think we both feel a sense of real hope and trust in each other for the first time in a long time.

It's about time.