David and I met in 1977
and we've been together ever since.
People have commented about us as a couple
particularly our friends from way back,
"oh my God it worked".
- At the chakras is that not there?
- No.
- David is very logical and rational and calm,
cool and collected, up in his head
and I feel things.
I am not up in my head.
I'm a feeler, so when we argued,
he always won the arguments.
- You're not agreeing with me,
doesn't matter, you'll come around.
- Not because he was right.
He won the arguments because he went up in his head
and got more articulate as the conversation went on
and I'd lose my words and start to fall apart and cry
and so it did not seem like we'd every made it together.
- I couldn't really understand her.
She was just a big mystery,
now 42 years later, she's still a big mystery
but it's much more intriguing to me now.
I really like sunny warm weather.
She likes season.
We were different in just about every
practical way you can think of.
If I had to describe Donna in one word
it would be sweet.
- If I had to describe David,
in one word, it would be heady.
David is a man in a million.
He's willing to grow.
- People who have followed our work for a couple of decades
have watched us grow more and more compatible
and watched us become a better and better team together,
'cause it was not easy at the beginning.
- When you've gotten a little bit argumentative,
you leave for a very short amount of time
and you come back and it's like you're totally with me
and you might say an apology,
or you might just suddenly want to repeat
what I'm trying to say.
It is so wonderful.
- One think I appreciate about you is,
how you always surprise me.
I can't predict you, it's really amazing.
- I believe that the reason
for the success in our relationship,
is not just one thing.
There was a soul connection, a soul bond
that was so important to me,
that I didn't care how incompatible we were,
I wanted to see if it would work.
We really have found a rhythm with one another.
Our values are the same.
Our deep deep values and it may act out in different ways
but it's because of the same value.
- One of the values that we share,
is that we are determined to succeed in whatever we try
and our relationship has been the biggest challenge
for either of us, I think in our lives
and we just keep on plugging away at it
and finding ways to make it better and better
and at some point it turned,
it started to really feel easier and it was a success
that we both could really congratulated one another on.
We recognized how unlikely a couple we are.
I believe a happy relationship,
is where two people share same values,
can rhythmically flow with one another.
Have juicy conversations and also give each other space
as well as liking to coming back together.
- Being determined to find that space
even after the initial glow has worn off,
is magic, it's magic, you can really get there.