When u had made plans weeks ago to spend the weekend in NYC with both ur kids in order to revisit ur 25th wedding anniversary (a quarter century together is pretty crazy), but then an eye infection gone horribly awry lands u in the ER for the entire day, with an IV, a CAT scan, and talk of possible surgery. U get discharged late at night (such a relief), the NYC plans get shelved (such a disappointment), and u come away with some life lessons: everything can change in a heartbeat, don’t take ur health for granted, and there’s no greater blessing than a partner coming to sit by ur side and hold ur hand all day when u’re comprehensively down. To 25 more years inshallah.