Some of our friends are putting together a new non-profit website for couples. The website is called Love is a Choice. I love it already! Check it out and see what’s in the works.

From what I understand, they’re going to have lots of interviews with married couples sharing tips to how they’ve stayed married along the way. There’s nothing better than hearing you’re not alone from another couple. In fact, there was a time in our marriage when we were going through some extreme trauma. Out of nowhere, three different couples, who didn’t know each other, took us under their wing and invited us out to dinner multiple times. Each couple had been married for over fifty years. What overwhelmed our friends was peanuts to these guys. Seeing our trauma next to couples who had been married for over fifty years was the best medicine to help us get through that storm in our marriage.

I have a little, little soap box and then I’ll stop. 🙂 There isn’t enough talk in the wedding industry about how to keep couples married after the big day. And marriage is hard! We all need ALL the help we can get so we can reap the amazing benefits of sticking it out. I’m so excited for our photography friends to be supporting this website. I hope it encourages some of you as it’s encouraging me.

To end with a little story (true story). 🙂 When Brian asked me to marry him, I said I would only marry him if we went to professional counseling together (none of this pastoral counseling stuff–our baggage was a bit heavy for that). He now tells people that he said he’d only stay married to me if we stayed in counseling. 🙂

Twelve years later, we’ve got the same counselor and an amazing marriage.

Tough at times? Very.

Worth it? Absolutely!