When I finished reading this, I copied the URL, emailed it to my mother and told her she <b>had</b> to read it. 

I think we get tripped up on the time concept, get too caught up in the numbers game - in any kind of relationship. My mom had been remarried for 4 years, my dad for 21. Does that mean my dad "won" the remarriage race? I've had people (even within my own family) imply that I should love my "new" stepfather, brother and sister less because they haven't been in my life as long. As if time was the only way to bond people together (btw - if it was true that time was the only way, then theoretically, my parents would love all of my siblings more, since they're all older than me and thus have been alive longer.)

Time plays its part, sure, but it's not the only way to determine the strength of a relationship. I think you got it absolutely correct: <i>Time can’t measure what’s simply right, at its core.</i> Numbers be damned!