Which isn’t to say that any part of this process has been, or will be, easy. A. is not a practicing Catholic, and we have had differences of opinion, or understanding, on many and various issues, though she, out of love, has agreed to participate in this convalidation, and has not begrudged me it, and in fact has tried to be enthusiastic about it, even though the idea of it is new to her, and she never thought such a thing would be necessary, nor did she anticipate, at the time we were married civilly, that it would be a topic that I’d someday broach.