Commentary 1978 was the year my eyes gazed at the saddest person I had ever seen. War-torn, the eyes of this man held years of pain and loss. No amount of tequila could wipe away the depression, and his emotional scars were worn like an old coat. Fast forward to 2021, when we celebrated 43 years since we’d eloped and vowed to be there for each other, through thick and thin, for better or worse, in health and sickness, for all eternity. Corrie ten Boom, a survivor of Hitler’s Ravensbrück concentration camp, shared, “There is no pit so deep, God’s love is not deeper still!” I have found this to be true. Little did I know that the path to understanding often involves suffering and pain….