Oh, How Times Change

High-school sweethearts, my wife and I were soon married and spent the next 27 years raising a family. After our grown children moved out of the house, we experienced an unaccustomed freedom. One morning, when we came home at four, I asked Shirley, "Do you remember the last time we stayed out this late?"
"I think so," she said. "We both got grounded for a month."
Originally published November 14, 2002.