“You start off certain that your marriage will be the strongest and best that ever was because you love this person so much and it all makes perfect sense. You know God has led you there, and you rejoice in His beautiful plan. And then the great waters come. You know the stuff. Sickness and suffering. Losing a job or a home. Losing loved ones. Trouble with your children, or wondering if you’ll ever have children, or watching your children suffer. Relatives who try to tear you apart. And failing and disappointing one another over and again.”
