The author and her very patient husband have been married for 19Â years.Getting married is easy. Almost anyone can do it. But, after the bouquets are tossed and the honeymoon is behind you, you have to find a way to make it work.We got married a week before Christmas, so we'd never forget our anniversary. Now every year, December 18th is a holiday for just us. And every year, a few weeks before the New Year, I am f…