Marriage in the Trenches of Parenthood
They say marriage takes work, but no one really prepares you for how much harder that work feels once kids enter the picture. Suddenly, it’s not just two people learning to love each other well; it’s two people trying to keep a toddler alive, juggling endless responsibilities, and still finding time to remember why they fell in love in the first place. The Shift: Before Talullah was born, marriage felt different. It was late-night talks, road trips, and arguing over what to eat for dinner just because we could. After becoming parents, the conversations shifted to nap schedules, grocery lists, and who would handle bath time. Add Luke’s National Guard commitments into the mix, and suddenly I was solo parenting some weekends or weeks at a time, juggling everything while missing him. Parenthood didn’t just change our routines; it forced us to face the reality that marriage doesn’t pause when life gets hard. It stretches, it bends, and sometimes it nearly breaks. We are in year 5 ...
