Been there—the excitement and gratification of feeling like you’ll really and truly make a meaningful impact into the lives of people, in a way that is felt fairly immediately. At the time when I was a state administrator, the idea of anything “marriage” was pretty new, and met with a fair bit of skepticism. What I didn’t have back then, were very many colleagues that were interested in starting their own marriage initiatives with which I could share ideas, learn from mistakes, or even just commiserate! My hope is that by sharing some of my experience, you can avoid my mistakes. There were also a few things I did right, I’d like for you to learn from those too.