“I could search the whole world over/Until my life is through/But I know I’ll never find another you.” -as performed by The Seekers.

Five years ago, in conjunction with my 25th wedding anniversary, I was halfway finished writing a 40,000-word book of hard-won marriage wisdom.

A few months later, my wife Melissa (the former Melissa Brower, Lewis County High School Class of 1984) proofread the completed manuscript but reserved the right – when time allowed -- to read it from cover to cover a second time, removing passages she thought were too embarrassing for her -- and by implication...