Being a married couple...

 I read an online article that felt so real to me.  It made me think of our marriage- mine and Nick's.   

It has not been perfect.  Neither of us are perfect.  We have hurt each other and have regretted it.   

There have been times when we used to wonder how people could get divorced.  It didn't make sense.  One time, Nick said that he thinks that many people probably still love each other but they just cannot be married to each other any more and they separate and divorce.   I know that we came very close ourselves.

Somehow we got back together.  It was not easy.  But it was worth it.  For us.   

 I probably have posted our Christmas card before. but it has the pictures on it that I want to post.  Nick & I and our five kids and their partners- those who have partners .

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This is a part of the article that I read:

"Marriage isn’t found at the big wedding, the trendy date nights, or even hours spent together on the couch watching Netflix. Marriage is found in the darkness—with one spouse helping the other during a time that would be humiliating to share with anyone else.

As young girls and boys, we watch movies and read stories about happy endings, blissful beginnings, and comedic in-betweens. But true romance is found when two people need each other, are vulnerable with one another, and can wholeheartedly depend on one another during the darkest times in life.

I sat on my bed, and at that moment, I decided to stop bouncing. I wanted my future to look like my parents’—imperfect but beautiful. My parents’ marriage and my marriage have been full of dips and peaks, but witnessing the true love in their moment will forever keep reminding me that marriage is found in the toughest spots in life—even the bathroom."