Rufus Griscom and Alisa Volkman’s happiness chart is like the ever changing weather. The weather can be hard to predict and hard to get right. When you think it is going to be sunny with little chance of rain, it changes and you are left without your umbrella. I believe marriage and parenthood are a lot like the ever changing weather. Their chart shows a white line, the baseline of happiness with a few peaks and valleys and a yellow line with many many peaks and valleys. I can totally relate to the yellow line as I am a wife and mother of two teenagers. Life is always changing and so are the moods, wants and desires of the family members.

I remember as my husband and I were planning our wedding we were inseparable. We were affectionate,