Understanding Why Your Spouse Cheated

A couple of years ago Steph and I went canoeing with friends on the Guadalupe River. This was the perfect spring day. Wildflowers streaked the banks in a kaleidoscope of colors and spring showers had the river running high. We stopped for lunch on a grassy bank and soaked in the beauty. All agreed it didn't get any better than this. Or so we thought.

The next day my skin began to break out. Not just a little, but a lot. I've known for years that I'm deathly allergic to poison ivy which...