Nothing But It All

by Adriana Locke

And one day, you’ll be my age and you’ll look back on all the decades of your life—the easy ones, the hard ones, too—and you’ll realize it was just a beautiful journey. You weren’t meant to be the young, beautiful version of yourself with purpose and power at the same time. Can you imagine that mess?”

marriage is hard. Well, I’m sure you know that. It’s the hardest thing you can do. The thing that got us through them was simple—we wanted to get through them. It’s amazing how far that one little thing goes.”

“I want you to try to slow down a little, Jack. Don’t get caught up in this performance-based lifestyle the world demands nowadays. The only performance that matters is the one you do with your family.”

Most importantly, I make a concerted effort to always see the silver lining—even when things aren’t great. Especially when things aren’t great.

The magic is taking the time to have a conversation about something that seems insignificant and sending texts throughout the day, just to connect. It’s about ensuring that you give nothing but it all to your marriage, that you say “I do” every single day.