You’re mad. Really mad. The kind of mad where words are locked and loaded, ready to fire. He did something that hurt you. Or forgot something important. Or said something thoughtless. And now you’re both caught in a heated argument, voices raised and emotions running high. In that moment, it’s tempting to say the first … Read more
Saturday morning, 9 a.m. My husband and I were sitting three feet apart on the couch. Him scrolling through sports highlights. Catching up on work emails, my coffee had gone cold. Silence didn’t feel peaceful—just hollow. We’d been looking forward to the weekend all week. Finally, time together without the rush of morning routines and … Read more
Last Tuesday, my husband gave our daughter ice cream before dinner. Again. I stood there, stirring pasta sauce, feeling that familiar heat rising in my chest. The topic had already been discussed and agreed upon. Yet here it was, the same fight replaying for the hundredth time. But then something shifted. Instead of launching into … Read more
Nobody warned me that having a baby would almost cost me my marriage. Sure, everyone joked about sleepless nights and dirty diapers. But no one mentioned the distance that would creep in between my husband and me. The way we’d become more like business partners managing a tiny human than the couple who used to … Read more
Are they faking it for the gram? Did they win some marriage lottery the rest of us don’t know about? Nope. Here’s the truth: happy couples aren’t lucky, and their marriages aren’t perfect either. But they’ve figured out some things. Things they don’t exactly advertise on Facebook or discuss at dinner parties. Little secrets that … Read more
After scrolling through yet another couple’s “perfect” relationship on Instagram, that familiar doubt creeps in. Is what we have normal? Are we doing this right? Should relationships feel this easy, or this hard, or somewhere in between? Healthy relationships don’t look perfect. They’re not constant romance and butterflies. They’re not always Instagram-worthy moments and poetic … Read more