Laura Arual was stumped attempting to make a list of good things or highlights of 2013. She thought of many good things that happened in 2012, but only the hard or the lowlights of 2013 came to mind. His response to frantic question was "we survived" Um, yeah, get over yourself and give credit to that. For some survival is the accomplishment. When asked again, he responded, "we had good food." On the surface that may not be anything, but the memories attached to those bbqs, those lazily stirred pots of risotto, the surprisingly tasty weekday dinners, are more than anything. And yes, we survived,  together. That is the highlight. I love him more right now in this instance, than I did last year, the yea before. And before that, there was no one. .